Jaydeep Apte, the 24-year-old sculptor of the 35-feet-tall Shivaji Maharaj statue, arrestedin Thane district after absconding for 10 days.
The statue was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December last year and collapsed on 26 August.
Structural consultant Chetan Patil was arrested on August 31.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Congress alleged that only Rs 1.5 crore was spent on the statue’s construction, despite Rs 236 crore being allocated from the state treasury for the project.
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