Goa police issues warrant against German national

Panaji, Sep 27 (PTI) A 73-year-old German national,
against whom a non-bailable warrant in a case related to
illegal cutting of trees was issued by Goa police, has been
denied visa, his lawyer said.

Ingo Grill, a businessman who pioneered the concept of
Saturday night bazaar in Goa's coastal village of Arpora, has
applied for the visa in the Indian consulate.

Grill's lawyer Vikram Varma said the Indian government
has consistently refused him the visa even as he is wanted
here in the case of illegal cutting of trees.

The state government had filed a case for the illegal
cutting of a tree by some local persons, Varma said.

Even though this act was done without the knowledge of
Grill and at a time when he was not even present in this
country, he was made a co-accused, Varma said.

His presence is required by the Judicial Magistrate
First Class (JMFC) court in Mapusa to defend himself and a
non-bailable warrant has been issued in his name by Calangute
police station, he added.

The businessman who has spent 27 years of his life in
Goa had a bitter legal fight with the Goa government after
deportation orders were served on him.

Grill won the case against the government in the Goa
bench of Bombay High Court, which had ruled that the state had
no grounds to deport him. (MORE) PTI RPS
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