MUMBAI, Dec. 13 -- Nearly five months after the illegal four-storey Ramabai Apartments in Virar crashed on August 28, killing 17 residents and injuring several others, the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) has suspended assistant municipal commissioner (AMC) Gilson Gonsalves. He was arrested last week by the Mira-Bhayander Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police crime branch for allegedly failing to act against the unauthorised structure despite being aware of serious irregularities that made it unsafe. Gonsalves, AMC of the corporation's C ward, is accused of ignoring the dangerous condition of the 12-year-old building and not initiating mandatory action against the contractor or landowner, including issuing proper notices under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (MRTP) Act and ensuring evacuation of residents. Crime branch officials said they have traced digital and physical communication showing that while Gonsalves had issued a preliminary notice describing the structure as dangerous, he "did not take any further steps contemplated under law, nor register an FIR under the MRTP Act". Senior police inspector Shahiraj Ranaware of the crime branch said Gonsalves, during interrogation, failed to explain why he had not served the contractor or owner notices under the MRTP Act or acted on blatant construction violations. He has been arrested under section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and remanded to police custody for five days. Ramabai Apartments collapsed on a rainy night on August 28, killing 17 people....