Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde rejected the BMC's inquiry report into the Chembur tree collapse that killed 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastav, calling for a fresh probe with two corporators on the panel. The report blamed the road contractor and supervising consultant while clearing BMC officials. Tawde also opposed the Rs 7 lakh compensation, calling it unacceptable.

Mumbai: Rejecting the inquiry report into the tree collapse in Chembur that claimed the life of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastav, Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde on Friday said she has directed the authorities to conduct a fresh probe into the incident. Tawde said she had "tore up" the report after it was rejected by the Corporation.

"We unanimously yesterday in Corporation rejected the report of the administration. We have torn the copy of the report and have asked the administration to conduct a re-enquiry and also to include two Corporators in the panel to probe it again," Tawde said.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) inquiry report held the road work contractor and the supervising consultant responsible, while giving a clean chit to officials from its roads and garden departments.

Vihaan Srivastav died on June 30 after a large tree collapsed onto his school bus in Chembur.