G’gram roof collapse: Residents demand CBI probe, arrest of promoters, directors

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Days after the roof collapse incident at Chintels Paradiso residential society here in Sector 109 which claimed two lives, hundreds of residents on Sunday staged a demonstration and organised a protest march demanding a CBI probe into the incident, the "immediate arrest" of the promoters & directors of Chintels India Ltd and the involved government officials who gave occupation certificate (OC) for these apartments.

The residents who were carrying placards also protested against the police and the district administration.

The protest was also supported by the other adjoining housing society residents.

The protest march was started from protest site Chintels Paradiso condominium main gate towards ATS chowk (through Chintels Serenity, Brisk Lumbini, Raheja Chowk, ATS Chowk, and later the residents were returned to back to the main gate of Chintels Paradiso.

The residents have also demonstrated at ATS Chowk.

"Two innocent lives were lost, and one fellow resident was seriously injured. Our fellow residents of D tower have been displaced from their homes, and the residents of other Chintels Paradiso towers have been staying in a state of fear & anguish in an unsafe environment, so we need immediate actions those guilty," Lalit Kapoor a resident said.

"The protest was against the inaction of government and administration because even after several days, despite all our please, the central Government, Haryana government, and Senior administrative official's have not taken any substantial action, and the builder, Chintels India Limited and other Government official's responsible for this are roaming freely," Sonia another resident said.

Two separate FIRs have been registered in the incident till now.

The first FIR was registered on February 10 over a complaint by the husband of one of the victims. The second FIR in the case, naming all the directors of Chintels India Limited; Ashok Solomon, Chairman of Chintels India Ltd; structure engineer, architect and contractor, was registered on February 13.

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