16 December,2025 08:27 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, the co-owners of Goa`s `Birch by Romeo Lane` nightclub, at Delhi Airport following their deportation from Thailand. Pic/PTI
The Goa Police have taken the Luthra brothers, Gaurav and Saurabh, accused in the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub fire tragedy that claimed 25 lives on December 6, for medical examination, news agency ANI reported.
The Luthra brothers were formally arrested by the Goa Police at the New Delhi International Airport on Tuesday after they were deported from Thailand. A team from the Goa Police was present at the Indira Gandhi International Airport to take custody of the brothers.
The Luthra brothers will be produced before the Patiala House court in the national capital, after which Goa Police will take them to the state, ANI reported.
The siblings, owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, were detained by the Thai Police from a resort in Phuket after India moved to suspend their passports.
The Indian authorities then further requested the Thai authorities to deport them. Also, an Indian law enforcement team coordinated formalities for the brothers' return.
Considering that an extradition treaty between India and Thailand has been in force since 2015. Thai officials stressed that due process was followed as part of the cooperation between the two countries, leading to the prompt, lawful handover of the brothers.
The Goa Police had filed a criminal case on December 7 at the Arpora Anjuna Police Station in North Goa against the duo under the relevant sections of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023.
The FIR registered against the Luthra brothers stated that on December 6, Gaurav and Saurabh had organised a fire show at Birch by Romeo Lane without taking proper precautions and providing fire safety equipment and other safety measures.
The fire show resulted in a blaze, due to which 25 people, including tourists and staff, succumbed to death, and many others were seriously injured.
The Luthra brothers, despite knowing that the place lacks emergency exit doors on the ground or deck floors for evacuation in an emergency, organised the fire show, the FIR alleged.
(With inputs from ANI)
