Morbi

Lawyers in Gujarat's Morbi on Wednesday held a protest march, voicing their refusal to fight the case for all the nine accused who have been arrested so far in connection to the Morbi bridge collapse case where 135 people were killed on October 30.

Of the nine accused, two belong to the Oreva group (a Gujrat-based electrical appliances manufacturer) which is under scanner after allegedly opening the suspension bridge in Morbi without informing the local municipality on Gujarati New Year Day.

Oreva group was given the contract for the maintenance of the century-old suspension bridge.

Morbi court has sent four accused in the case to police custody till Saturday and the other five have been sent to judicial custody.

Out of four persons in Police custody, two are Oreva company Managers and two others are people working for the fabrication work contractor.

The lawyers in Morbi are refusing to fight the case for all the nine accused in the case.

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They have reportedly taken this stand to show their support for the next of kin of those who died in the mishap.