The Mangaon police in Raigad district have filed a case of culpable homicide against Chetak Enterprises, the contractor allegedly responsible for shoddy work on the Mumbai-Goa highway which resulted in 170 accidents in which 97 people died and 208 sustained serious injuries from 2020 to date.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had filed a complaint against the contractor, leading to the arrest of the firm’s project coordinator, engineer Sujith Sadanand Kawle. The police found that the contractor had not installed signboards at many spots on the highway, contributing to the accidents.