Overview
- Roshan Redkar turned himself in before the Judicial Magistrate First Class in Mapusa a day after the Goa bench denied his anticipatory bail.
- The High Court said the panchayat acted in undue haste, bypassed mandatory NOCs, and that the licence application and document were altered while in panchayat custody.
- The court called custodial interrogation necessary and flagged risks of witness intimidation, citing a December 7 gathering of about 100 people at the police station.
- Goa Police had issued a Look Out Circular after stating Redkar was untraceable to prevent him from leaving the country.
- Redkar is booked under BNS sections 105, 125 and 287, while investigators have arrested panchayat secretary Raghuveer Bagkar and are pursuing other officials after 25 deaths in the December 6 fire.