India, July 16 -- Congress group leader in the BMC, Ashraf Azmi, has called the inquiry committee's report on the June 30 Chembur tree collapse "legally unsustainable", calling for a fresh investigation by an independent, multi-disciplinary panel.

In a letter to the civic administration, Azmi said the report fails to establish why a mature peepal tree near Diamond Garden in Chembur had toppled onto a school bus, leading to the death of 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastava.

Azmi's letter comes two days after the BMC accepted the report, which gave the civic roads and garden departments a clean chit and imposed a collective Rs.7-lakh penalty on the contractor and consultant building a storm-water drain near the tree.

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