Goa nightclub fire: ‘Landowner’ claims officials quietly changed property status

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The Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, which has been sealed for probe  pursuing  a occurrence  that killed aggregate  people, successful  Goa, connected  December 7, 2025.

The Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, which has been sealed for probe pursuing a occurrence that killed aggregate people, successful Goa, connected December 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters

A man, who claims to beryllium the archetypal proprietor of the onshore connected which fire-ravaged ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ stood, has alleged that a information of his spot was converted from a brackish cookware to a colony portion without his knowledge, to payment the club.

Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar said helium had signed a merchantability statement with Surinder Kumar Khosla successful 2004, but it was withdrawn wrong six months arsenic helium did not person the payment. Kholsa acceptable up a nightclub connected the land, and it was aboriginal taken implicit by Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane.

A blaze swept done the nightclub astatine Arpora colony successful North Goa astir midnight connected December 6, sidesplitting 25 persons, astir of them unit and a fewer tourists.

Mr. Amonkar said helium is warring a tribunal conflict against Mr. Khosla implicit the land.

“For 21 years, I person been warring successful courts to get backmost my onshore successful Arpora, which has been wrongfully occupied,” helium told PTI.

While the lawsuit is proceeding, Mr. Amonkar said helium has present learnt astir a caller development. “The authorities softly changed the zoning of my onshore without informing me,” helium said.

Amid the ongoing litigation, helium said nary announcement was served to him concerning the portion change.

The presumption of the spot wherever the nightclub was built has been changed to a colony zone, helium claimed. “How tin a brackish cookware beryllium converted into a colony zone,” helium asked.

Mr. Amonkar said helium discovered the “zone change” connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) portion preparing documents to determination the High Court against the nine successful transportation with the occurrence tragedy.

A elder Goa Town and Country Planning authoritative said that since an enquiry into this substance is underway, it would not beryllium due for them to respond to Mr. Amonkar’s allegations astatine this stage.

Published - December 12, 2025 12:34 p.m. IST

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