Updated On: 01 January, 2026 11:31 AM IST | Panaji | ANI
The Goa government has dismissed Arpora Village Panchayat Sarpanch Roshan Redkar and Panchayat Secretary Raghuvir Bagkar for “persistent negligence” in the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub fire case, which claimed 25 lives. The action followed a magisterial inquiry that found serious approval lapses

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The Goa government has dismissed Arpora Village Panchayat Sarpanch, Roshan Redkar, and Panchayat Secretary of Arpora-Nagoa Village Panchayat, Raghuvir Bagkar, from service, finding "persistent negligence" in the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' fire case, which claimed the lives of 25 individuals.
Directorate of Panchayats, based on the Magisterial Inquiry Committee Report on the nightclub mishap, noted that the Sarpanch, "presided over meetings where the irregularities of the subject premises were either ignored or tacitly approved." The report said that the Birch establishment was initially operated in a temporary shed and was converted into a nightclub "without any conversion sanad or approved building plans."