Kornel Dinik and two owners of the company that officially owns the boarding house Ferma Dacilor, where 8 people died during a severe fire, were detained by the prosecutor’s office for 24 hours.

Lawyer: I do not exclude that there is a criminal hand. The fire spread to two sides of the building

Earlier, the lawyer of the former mayor of Gura-Vadului Kostyantyn Lungu, summoned to the hearing in the case of Dacilor Farm, said that he expects the arrest of both his client, the current mayor of the commune, and the urban planning officer of the municipality of Gura-Vadului. in the case concerning the fire in the boarding house Ferma Dacilor. The lawyer says he has obtained footage showing flames spreading to two sides of the building, leading him to believe the fire was set by criminals.

“The duties of an official with the quality of the mayor according to the law on construction discipline is to issue these certificates. The prosecutor’s charge is that the issuance of these certificates ultimately led to this tragic event. There is no allegation of favoritism, no allegation if you mean corrupt practices. These are certificates of continuation and entry into legality. What you need to know is that Mr. Diniku has been in court proceedings, including a court proceeding where several cases are pending in the courts. From my point of view, the tragedy at Ferma Dacilor is starting to approach the tragedy at Colectiv, I have big questions about the guilt of these public servants,” Adrian Georgescu, a lawyer, said on Tuesday of the former mayor of the city. Gura Vadului Commune, Konstantin Lungu.

He recalled that the former mayor of Sector 4, Cristian Popescu Piedone, was acquitted in the case in which he was accused of crimes related to the fire at the Colectiv club.

He says he expects the arrest of the former mayor, the current mayor of Gura-Vadului commune and the function that deals with urban planning in Gura-Vadului municipality.

“I am waiting for an order to detain me for 24 hours during this day. Then it depends only on the prosecutor whether he will file a motion for preventive arrest or not,” the lawyer adds.

Lawyer: “I believe and do not rule out the possibility of a criminal party”

When asked if he thought it was a criminal act, he says that after analyzing the video he had, he found that the fire had spread to two sides of the building.

“I came into possession of the video, I am not an expert, but judging by the way this fire spread, I do not rule out the possibility of a criminal party. The different spread of fire on the two sides of this building, if it was an internal spread, from my perspective, I think the fire spread in a different way than what this shot shows. I believe and do not rule out the possibility of a criminal party,” says the lawyer.

He clarified that he advised his protégé, former mayor Kostyantyn Lung, not to make any statements in the case, which the former mayor did.

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