India, March 21 -- Businessman Arshad Khan, the fifth accused in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident dated May 13, 2024 which left 17 persons dead, was on Thursday granted bail by the sessions court. An earlier bail plea moved by Khan - who allegedly received Rs.84 lakh for working as a mediator between Ego Media, which owned the hoarding, and Quaiser Khalid, under whose tenure as Railway Police Commissioner permission for erecting the hoarding was granted - had been rejected by the same court in January this year.

"The court's decision to grant bail to Arshad Khan is a testament to the integrity of our judicial system and the principle that justice must be rooted in clear, substantiated evidence. Throughout this case, I have mainta...