Bhandup mall fire: NCLT-appointed administrator won't be arrested, Mumbai Police tells Bombay HC

NCLT-appointed administrator Rahul Sahasrabuddhe approached the court last week seeking a direction to the police to not take any coercive action against him.

The Mumbai Police on Tuesday assured the Bombay High Court that it would not arrest Rahul Sahasrabuddhe, the administrator appointed by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), who was running the near defunct Dreams Mall where a massive fire broke out on March 25. 11 people had lost their lives in the horrific incident. Sahasrabuddhe had approached the court last week seeking a direction to the police to not take any coercive action against him. During the hearing of his petition, Additional Public Prosecutor Aruna Pai told the division bench of Justice SS Shinde and Justice Manish Pitale that Sahasrabuddhe was not named as an accused in the FIR as yet. Sahasrabuddhe's advocate JS Kini on Monday told the HC that he had received a letter from the police asking him to appear before them. "The police told the petitioner (Sahasrabuddhe) that the Sunrise Hospital has written a letter to the police asking them to initiate action against him (Sahasrabuddhe) for negligence and failing to do his duty," Kini said.