Almost two months after the CSMT bridge collapsed killing 14 and injuring many others, the Azad Maidan police submitted their charge sheet in the case, in the magistrate's court on Thursday. The charge sheet is against the first accused, Neeraj Desai, director of DD Desai firm, which had audited the bridge. It also mentions that DD Desai had not followed point 52 of the Indian Road Congress Manual that talks about guidelines to be followed for the inspection of bridges.

The charge sheet includes the statement of Geo Dynamics' (the firm hired by DD Desai to carry out several tests) owner, who claims that the base of the Himalaya bridge was not repaired by his firm. It was the base of the bridge that had collapsed on March 14. The auditing work of the bridge was given to DD Desai's (Neeraj's father who owns the firm) Associated Engineering Consultants and Analysts Private Limited in 2016. The firm, in its report, mentioned that the bridge was in good condition.