IVRCL assistant vice-president of Project Monitoring Cell (PMC) and administration of the Eastern Region, Ranajit Bhattacharjee, who had fallen sick and was hospitalised after March 31 collapse, was today discharged and was immediately taken to the Kolkata Police headquarters at Lalbazar.
"Today he has been discharged from the hospital and we have brought him in for questioning in connection with the collapse," a senior officer of Kolkata Police said adding if the IVRCL official's replies were "unsatisfactory" he could also be arrested.
Sleuths have arrested Project Manager Tanmoy Sil and conducted a thorough search of IVRCL's Beadon Street office yesterday and have seized several documents.
During the probe into the role of arrested senior engineers of IVRCL - Shyamal Manna and Bidyut Manna - it was learnt that they were in-charge of construction of the portion of the flyover, which collapsed.
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"But Shyamal spoke to somebody over phone and instructed the workers to carry on... We need to check this and who ordered the work to go on," an officer probing the mishap, said.
Meanwhile, a city court today ordered seven-day police custody of both Shyamal and Bidyut Manna till April 11.
The Police have registered a case against the construction firm and sealed its office in the city.