Raipur, Jan 11 (IANS) Chhattisgarh police Monday arrested three Chinese engineers in the case of the under-construction chimney crash at Vedanta Resources Plc-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) that killed 41 workers Sep 23 last year.
The engineers were employed with the Chinese construction major, Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation (SEPCO) that was building Balco’s 1200-MW thermal power plant in Korba town, about 240 km from state capital Raipur.

The chimney that came crashing was being built by Indian construction company, Gannon Dunkerley and Company Limited (GDCL) that had bagged the chimney construction order from the SEPCO.

“Three Chinese engineers were arrested Monday in Korba town. The arrested engineers have been identified as Woo Chunan, company’s project in-charge, and O. Lou and Wan Qung - both engineers,” Korba Superintendent of Police Ratanlal Dangi told reporters.

The Chinese engineers were brought before First Class Judicial Magistrate, Sarojnand Das, who sent them to jail in judicial custody after their bail pleas were rejected.