Industrialist Out On Bail In Gujarat Bridge Collapse Case Felicitated

Jaysukh Patel was felicitated at an event organised by the Patidar community in the Morbi district.

Industrialist Jaysukh Patel, the main accused in the 2022 Gujarat suspension bridge collapse that claimed 135 lives, received criticism after he was felicitated at an event organised by the Patidar community in Morbi district.

While the victims' relatives expressed anguish over the event, the organisers said that Patel, currently out on bail, was honoured in his capacity as the son of late OR Patel, a philanthropist who founded the Ajanta Group.

Patel was weighed in "modak" (sweet dumpling) on a scale at the function organised by Kadva Patidar Kanya Kelavani Mandal on the outskirts of Morbi town on Friday to mark the 'Pran Pratishtha' of the Uma Sanskardham temple.