Overview

• The Indore District Court acquitted two Beleshwar Mahadev Temple Trust officials, citing lack of evidence in the 2023 stepwell collapse case.
• The court criticized the police investigation for failing to hold municipal authorities accountable despite prior warnings about the stepwell's condition.
• The stepwell collapse on March 30, 2023, during a Ram Navami gathering, killed 36 people, including women and children.
• The temple was built illegally over a deteriorating stepwell, with warnings from the Indore Municipal Corporation ignored for years.
• Victims' families are left seeking justice as the verdict highlights systemic negligence and unresolved accountability.