Overview
- Kolkata Police arrested Aminur Sheikh on Saturday, September 12, bringing the number of people detained in the June warehouse collapse to seven.
- The June collapse of an under‑construction three‑storey Taratala warehouse killed 16 and prompted a Special Investigation Team probe into technical and administrative failings.
- Investigators recovered a disputed building blueprint in July and have asked the Detective Department and structural experts to test its authenticity and whether construction matched approved plans.
- Police say the SIT has identified shortcomings in structural design and possible failures in soil testing and inspection that may have allowed approval without proper assessment.
- The probe has widened to examine how land was obtained from the Kolkata Port Trust and whether intermediaries and payments were used to secure KMC clearances, a development that could affect officials and contractors linked to the case.