Overview
- A roughly 22-foot, multi-ton Ganesh idol toppled during the Bhuleshwaracha Raja arrival procession on Saturday night, crushing participants as it was being moved toward the mandal.
- Two men were declared brought dead at hospitals after the fall and identified as Sanket Nevshe (33) and Brijesh Hemant Joshi (30), and five others including two children were injured and reported stable.
- Early assessments by police and fire officials indicate a structural failure in the idol’s support system, with welding or a nut-bolt in the steel frame likely giving way and causing the collapse.
- Mumbai Fire Brigade, BMC ward staff, Mumbai Police, traffic police and 108 ambulance teams responded and victims were taken to GT, JJ, Reliance and Saifee hospitals for treatment.
- Authorities have registered an Accidental Death Report and opened a technical and legal inquiry to check the crane and support equipment, inspect safety compliance and determine whether organisers or contractors were negligent ahead of Ganeshotsav.