India brings back Luthra brothers from Thailand as agencies probe Goa club inferno that killed 25

The authorities were on Tuesday in the final leg of bringing to India Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, the owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane club in Goa.

Indian officials have boarded an India-bound flight from Thailand to bring back the Luthra brothers. They are wanted in connection with a fire at the club killed 25 persons, including 20 staffers and five tourists, earlier this month.

Visuals of their onboarding in Thailand have appeared.

VIDEO | Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the nightclub in Goa where 25 people were killed in a fire on December 6, being deported to India. Visuals from Bangkok airport.

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Luthras have been seated in the last row of the aeroplane along with four-five Indian officials, sources told CNN-News 18.

They have been kept in the last row in order to not cause trouble to other passenger, sources said.

Upon their arrival in Delhi, the Goa Police will take Luthra brothers in custody and take them to Goa, sources said.

On December 6, fire at Luthra brothers’ club, Birch by Romeo Lane, killed 25 persons, including 20 staffers and five tourists. Hours after the disaster, when the authorities were still tackling the fire, the brothers fled to Thailand’s Phuket on an Indigo flight.

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The police have charged Luthra brothers under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 125(a) and (b) (endangering life and personal safety), and 287 (negligent conduct with fire or combustible matter) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, according to Hindustan Times.

Last week, at the request of Indian agencies, the Luthras were detained in Thailand and proceedings began for their deportation to India.

On their part, the Luthras have rejected the allegation that they had fled and said they were in Thailand for a business meeting. They further said they were only licensees, not the actual owners of the club, and sought four weeks of transit anticipatory bail as an interim relief in a Delhi court. The court denied them the relief.

Given the “conduct” of the applicants and the nature of the allegations, the court was not inclined to grant them the relief, the judge said.

“The nature of offence, prima facie, is grave and serious in nature where 25 people have lost their lives,” the judge further said.