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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) said that Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, co-owners of the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub wherever occurrence claimed 25 lives, volition beryllium brought backmost to India from Thailand astatine the earliest.
The squad of Goa Police and CBI would bring the Luthra brothers, premier accused successful the case, backmost to India "as soon arsenic possible", helium said.
A section panchayat authoritative volition besides beryllium arrested successful the occurrence lawsuit arsenic helium was not cooperating with the probe, CM Sawant told reporters successful Goa.
The main curate thanked the Union Home Ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs for expediting the process to way down the accused successful Thailand.
While Goa Police issued a Look Out Circular for them, an Interpol Blue Corner announcement was besides issued and a petition made to cancel their passports with the Regional Passport Office, Sawant said, adding each indispensable efforts are being made to guarantee that specified incidents bash not hap again.
Three authorities officials were suspended for alleged dereliction of work aft the fire, the CM said, adding that 2 of them — Shamila Monteiro and Siddhi Halarnkar — were cooperating.
The 3rd officer, panchayat caput Raghuvir Bagkar, was nevertheless not cooperating with the probe, and helium would beryllium arrested, said Mr. Sawant.
Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra person been detained by the authorities successful Thailand, officials said earlier successful the morning.
The duo fled to Phuket wrong hours aft the December 6 calamity astatine their nine successful North Goa. An Interpol Blue Corner announcement was issued connected December 9 pursuing a petition from the Goa police.
The brothers were accused of wounded causing death, manslaughter and execution by organising a occurrence amusement “without taking due attraction and caution and without providing occurrence information equipment, different information gadgets.”
