Guwahati: Contractor of AK Construction Company Parijat Saikia Arrested after class 11 student died in accident

Assam Police on Friday night arrested a contractor of AK Construction Company from Soteea in Biswanath district based on an FIR.

The arrested contractor has been identified as Parijat Saikia.

He was brought to Dispur police station on Saturday morning for further legal proceedings.

Saikia is a contractor of the AK Constructions company, which is engaged in civic works in Guwahati city of Assam.

Earlier yesterday, the director of the construction company was arrested by Guwahati police. The arrestee, identified as B. Balaji, was nabbed from his office in city’s Narengi area. He was later produced before a court.

The company is engaged in water supply project in several parts of Guwahati in Assam.

It may be mentioned here that the company came under the scanner following the accident near Rajdhani Masjid area in Guwahati that claimed the life of a class 11 student.

The accident happened due to a pit dug by the construction company for laying of pipes for supply of drinking water.

It is alleged that the construction company did not fill the potholes after the completion of work and did not place slabs to cover manholes on the required areas.

AK Construction Company is one of the contractors who was given the contract to work under JICA supported water supply project for installing pipelines in Guwahati.

AK Construction Company is owned by M Venkateswara Rao. It is listed under Borewell Contractors in Guwahati and was contracted for water supply project at 12 locations in the city. The Jal board however noticed several discrepancies in their works.

Moreover, the construction company had not taken permission of the Transport Department and the Public Works Department, reports claimed.