Probe report reveals bid to shield civic body chief in boat tragedy case: Gujarat HC

Gujarat high court on Thursday expressed its displeasure at the inquiry committee report into the Harni Lake tragedy, which said that municipal commissioners generally rely on technical reports submitted to them and cannot be seen as doing anything wrong in signing these notings in good faith.

The court said that the report revealed "efforts to protect the then Vadodara municipal commissioner" in connection with the boat capsize incident at Harni Lake in Jan in which 14 persons, including 12 school kids, were killed.

The Gujarat govt submitted an inquiry report in a sealed cover to the HC as ordered earlier. While going through the report, the bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi said, "It is a kind of report where there is an effort to protect the municipal commissioner. Though the committee finds fault ... (it) sidelines the role of the municipal commissioner."

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