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The Goa Government connected Monday (December 8, 2025) constituted a four-member magisterial enquiry committee to ascertain the facts and circumstances that led up to the monolithic occurrence that gutted a nightclub, sidesplitting 25 people.
According to officials, fireworks person emerged arsenic the apt origin of the blaze astatine 'Birch by Romeo Lane', a fashionable enactment venue successful Arpora village, 25 km from Panaji. As galore arsenic 20 nightclub employees and 5 tourists died successful the incidental precocious connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) night.
Under Secretary (Home) Manthan Manoj Naik issued the bid constituting the enquiry committee with North Goa District Collector Ankit Yadav arsenic chairperson.
The committee members see South Goa Superintendent of Police Tikam Singh Verma, Director of Forensic Sciences Ashutosh Apte, and Rajendra Halarnkar, Deputy Director, Fire and Emergency Services.
The committee volition examine the series of events starring to the fire, verify the compliance of each statutory licences, and find the lapses. It volition besides hole accountability connected agencies oregon departments liable and urge preventive and corrective measures, the bid stated.
"The committee shall person authorization to telephone for records, documents, etc, from acrophobic departments. Also, they shall person powers to summon the idiosyncratic concerned," it stated.
The constabulary person truthful acold arrested the nightclub's main wide manager, Rajiv Modak, wide manager Vivek Singh, barroom manager Rajiv Singhania and gross manager Riyanshu Thakur, portion owners Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra are to beryllium arrested.
