The court arrested the accused in the case of the death of the participants of the diggers excursion

The court in Moscow arrested until October 21 the digger Nikita Dubas and the general director of the company “Sputnik” Alexander Kim in the case of the death of eight people during an excursion to the collectors of the Neglynka River. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts.

Kim and Dubas are accused in the case of providing services that do not meet safety requirements and caused the death of two or more people due to negligence. The investigation considers them the organizers of an illegal tour of Moscow collectors. They refused to plead guilty.

According to the investigation, shortly before the tragedy, the digger Konstantin Filippov, who was conducting the tour, contacted Dubas and clarified the details of the route with him. Kim became the defendant in the case due to the fact that in his service “Sputnik” it was possible to sign up for an underground tour of Neglynka and similar tours.

Excursions to Moscow’s sewage collectors are considered illegal, and the provision of such services qualifies as a criminal offense, the press service of the capital’s housing and communal services department told RIA Novosti.

• On August 20, a group of diggers went on a tour of the underground collectors of the Neglynka River in the center of Moscow. Due to the downpour, the water level rose sharply, and the collectors were flooded. Seven participants of the excursion, among whom were three minors, and the digger guide died.