Aren’t the Culprits of the 2018 Varanasi bridge collapse got arrested?

Varanasi is the spiritual capital of India. The major attraction of the city is Ghats, ancient temples, and boating near the banks of the holy river Ganga. In 2018 an under-constructed bridge near Varanasi railway station got collapsed because of a lack of engineering efforts and fault in construction procedures.

A piece of news is getting viral on social media platforms where users are claiming that the contractor who made the bridge has not got arrested yet. Nineteen people were killed in the collapse and the rest were severely injured. Many users are reviving the 2018 Bridge Collapse Case.

15 मई 2018 वाराणसी पुल हादसा याद है
वो ठेकेदार योगी को आज तक नही मिल पाया pic.twitter.com/aQ5DS68qNO

— MIRZA AZEEM BEG मिर्ज़ा अज़ीम बेग़ میرزا عظیم بیگ (@MIRZAAZEEMBEG) January 31, 2022

15 मई 2018 वाराणसी पुल हादसा याद है…

वो ठेकेदार योगी को आज तक नही मिल पाया… pic.twitter.com/kXbYsKACFG

— True Indian🏹🚜 (@TrueIndian8397) February 2, 2022

15 मई 2018 वाराणसी पुल हादसा याद है
वो ठेकेदार योगी को आज तक नही मिल पाया pic.twitter.com/NmleVrXdEV

— Mohammad Akbar Jafri (@Akbarjafri786) February 1, 2022

Fact check

After doing the research we found a tweet by the POLICE COMMISSIONERATE VARANASI of July 2018, they have informed us that 8 accused behind the collapse of a bridge near Cantt Railway Station got arrested by Varanasi Police.

दिनांक 15.05.2018 को हुए कैण्ट रेलवे स्टेशन के सामने निर्माणाधीन फ्लाईओवर हादसे में चल रही विवेचना मे 08 अभियुक्तों को @varanasipolice द्वारा गिरफ्तार कर जेल भेजा गया है। @adgzonevaranasi @IgRangeVaranasi @dgpup @Uppolice @upcoprahul @Live_Hindustan @DainikBhaskar @JagranNews pic.twitter.com/5uGnoVEq4B

— POLICE COMMISSIONERATE VARANASI (@varanasipolice) July 28, 2018

In the report of Times of India, seven engineers of (UPBC) UP Bridge Corporation along with a contractor got arrested by Varanasi Police. The accused one included the project manager, chief project manager, junior civil engineer and assistant civil engineer etc.

Conclusion: The claim is misleading and fake as the contractor along with the 7 other guilty got arrested after 10-13 days of the accident.