5 accused get bail in Harni boat tragedy

Gujarat high court on Monday granted bail to five accused in Harni boat tragedy which took lives of 12 school children and two teachers in Vadodara on Jan 18. Paresh Shah, Vatsal Shah, Shantilal Solanki, Nilesh Jain, and Nayan Gohil approached HC in June after the trial court denied them regular bail after a chargesheet was filed. Paresh and Vatsal are partners in Kotia Projects, the firm which had bagged the contract to develop Motnath Harni lake. Shantilal and Nilesh operated lake zone, while Gohil was one of the boatmen. Earlier in May, HC had granted bail to four women accused in the case. TNN