Goa, Jan. 24 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out co ordinated searches across Goa, Delhi and Haryana after registering a money laun dering case linked to the fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, which claimed 25 lives in December last year. The searches were conducted at at least nine locations connected to the nightclub's promoters, owners and alleged facilitators. These included premises linked to former Arpora-Nagoa sarpanch Roshan Redkar and former village panchayat secretary Raghuvir Bagkar, officials said.

ED and Income Tax Department teams from Maharashtra raided Redkar's residence in Arpora, as well as properties in Parra and Moira associated with Bagkar. Offices and res idences of brothers S...