10 December,2025 07:39 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Goa Police bring Ajay Gupta, one of the four owners of the `Birch by Romeo Lane` nightclub, to Goa. Pic/PTI
Delhi's Saket Court on Wednesday granted a 36-hour transit remand of Ajay Gupta to the Goa Police in the nightclub fire case, following his arrest. He will reportedly be taken to Goa for further investigation.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Vinod Joshi, while granting Gupta's 36-hour transit remand, directed him to be produced before the court concerned at Goa, reported news agency ANI.
The district court in Delhi has also directed the Goa Police to take care of the medical issues Gupta is facing. Goa Police produced Gupta before the Saket Court following his arrest in the national capital.
The investigation officer moved an application seeking Gupta's transit remand. While seeking his remand, the officer cited the ongoing IndiGo crisis and sought 36 hours of transit remand, ANI reported.
The fire which erupted at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa had claimed the lives of 25 people.
Meanwhile, two other accused, Gaurav and Saurav Luthra, have absconded to Thailand, and the search for them is underway.
The Delhi Police informed the Rohini Court that the accused brothers had left the country soon after the Goa nightclub fire tragedy, and a non-bailable warrant (NBW) had already been issued against them by a Goa court.
Opposing their plea for protection, the state submitted that the brothers were deliberately evading investigation and should not be granted any interim relief.
The accused, however, told the court through their counsel that they apprehend arrest immediately upon landing in India. They argued that they had travelled to Thailand for work-related reasons and now wished to return but feared custodial action. Their lawyers emphasised that the applicants only sought brief transit protection to approach the competent court in Goa.
The Rohini Court took up the transit anticipatory bail applications on Wednesday and questioned their maintainability, noting that the applicants were not presently within the territorial jurisdiction, reported ANI.
Meanwhile, earlier in the day, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that an inquiry report on the incident will be ready within eight days, even as the state begins disbursing compensation to families of the victims and intensifies safety audits and enforcement across entertainment venues, ANI reported. Furthermore, the district administration on Tuesday demolished part of the Romeo Lane restaurant in Vagator, Goa.
(With inputs from ANI)
