Overview
- A city court issued a non-bailable warrant for Lotus Greens founder Nirmal Singh, with police saying he is absconding and property attachment will follow if he does not surrender.
- Three builder-executives have been arrested so far—Wiztown promoter Abhay Kumar and Lotus Greens directors Ravi Bansal and Sachin Karnwal—on charges that include culpable homicide, negligence and environmental violations.
- The National Green Tribunal took suo motu cognisance, issued notices to multiple Uttar Pradesh authorities and flagged long-standing stormwater failures, including a 2015 plan that was never implemented, with the next hearing set for April 10.
- The SIT recorded statements from Noida Authority engineers and is analysing CCTV, phone logs and dashcam data, as well as site measurements, while the Noida Authority CEO was removed earlier in the fallout from the case.
- Key eyewitness Moninder Singh alleged police pressured him to record a scripted video, an accusation police deny, as new video of firefighters entering the water complicates claims about the rescue response.