LUCKNOW After remaining elusive for eight months, Fahad Yazdani, one of many accused in the notorious Alaya Apartment collapse in Lucknow on January 24, 2023, which claimed three lives, was arrested from Nainital on Friday, mentioned police.
An FIR in the incident was lodged by the Hazratganj police on January 25 towards SP MLA Shahid Manzoor, his son Nawazish, nephew Mohd Tariq and Fahad Yazdani. It was alleged that the house was constructed by them with out getting maps accredited and utilizing substandard materials.
Whereas key accused Manzoor was nonetheless at giant, Tariq and Nawazish, arrested earlier in the case, have been out on bail.
Yazdani was held from the Bhawali space of Nainital. “Yazdani, 40, was at giant in a number of instances registered towards him at Hazratganj and Mahanagar police stations for duping individuals by way of his agency – Yazdan Infracon Pvt Restricted. He will probably be offered earlier than courtroom for judicial custody,” mentioned DCP (central) Aparna Rajat Kaushik.
Nonetheless, he was relieved in the Alaya Apartment collapse case, knowledgeable the ACP.
Police confirmed {that a} cost sheet was filed in the Alaya incident and 5 individuals have been named in it, together with Samajwadi Occasion MLA Shahid Manzoor, his son Nawazish, nephew Mohd Tariq and others. “Now that Fahad Yazdani has been arrested, his title will probably be added to the cost sheet because the co-accused,” mentioned the ACP.
Tariq and Nawazish have been held after the constructing collapse when police registered an FIR underneath IPC sections of 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 302 (try and culpable murder), 420 (fraud), 120b (felony conspiracy). Whereas Tariq and Nawazish have been arrested two days after the incident, Yazdani remained elusive, mentioned Pramod Pandey, SHO, Hazratganj.
SP spokesperson and former resident of Alaya Apartment, Abbas Haider, who misplaced his spouse Uzma Haider and mom Begum Haider incident, mentioned: “Shahid Manzoor is roaming free… why are the police not arresting him when his title is in the cost sheet? Two others arrested earlier are out on bail. I demand the arrest of these whose names are in the cost sheet.”
The residents of Alaya Apartment, who turned homeless in a single day, proceed to stay with their relations. “I’m nonetheless staying at my daughter’s buddy’s place. We’ll quickly hire a spot. I’ll retire subsequent yr. Earlier than that I’ve to carry my life again to normalcy,” mentioned Ranjana Awasthi, an influence division official.
Awasthi needed to postpone her daughter Aloka Awasthi’s marriage ceremony as she misplaced all the things in the constructing collapse, together with jewelry and money.
One other former resident Honey Haider, who remains to be residing together with his in-laws alongside together with his spouse Afreen Fatima, mentioned: “We’ll file a petition, if we’re not glad with the police investigation.”