'Went to Thailand for work': Goa nightclub owners seek transit anticipatory bail

NEW DELHI: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane person approached a Delhi tribunal seeking 4 weeks of transit anticipatory bail, claiming they are consenting to instrumentality to India and cooperate with the probe successful to the Goa nightclub blaze that claimed 25 lives.The plea was moved successful Delhi’s Rohini tribunal connected Wednesday done which the brothers claimed they had travelled to Thailand for enactment and not to flight the law. “We privation to travel back,” The Luthras stated done their counsel. They besides argued that they bash not oversee regular operations astatine the Arpora club.

Councel for accused said that the Luthras are lone licensees and not proprietor of the nightclub. Stating that LOCs person been opened against the Luthras, the elder counsel said, “I conscionable privation to travel backmost and instrumentality my ineligible remedies.

My learned person (state counsel) surely cannot reason my ineligible remedies.”The tribunal has sought a effect from Goa Police and granted clip to record a reply. The substance volition beryllium taken up time astatine noon.Meanwhile, a formation shack owned by the brothers who besides run the Arpora nightclub, wherever a devastating occurrence killed 25 radical past week, is acceptable to beryllium demolished, according to respective reports quoting Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.

Officials said bulldozers volition raze 'Romeo Lane' successful Vagator, aft the restaurant, allegedly constructed connected government-owned land, was sealed by authorities.The probe continues to absorption connected the tragic occurrence astatine 'Birch by Romeo Lane'. Addressing allegations of constabulary negligence, Goa DIG Varsha Sharma said, "We person coordinated with the CBI and Interpol. A Blue Corner Notice has besides been issued."According to constabulary sources, connected December 7, wrong hours of the deadly blaze, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra boarded a formation from Delhi to Phuket, Thailand.

Interpol has issued a Blue Corner Notice against some brothers to assistance find and provisionally detain them pending extradition proceedings.Goa Police connected Wednesday brought Ajay Gupta, 1 of the 4 owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, to the Sunlight Colony Crime Branch bureau successful transportation with the caller North Goa occurrence calamity that claimed 25 lives astatine the restaurant-cum-bar.Gupta is presented successful tribunal contiguous arsenic portion of the ongoing investigation.The improvement comes days aft the monolithic blaze broke retired successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday astatine a nightclub successful Arpora, triggering a high-casualty incidental and sidesplitting astatine slightest 25 people, astir of whom were unit of the restaurant. The Government of Goa formed a committee to analyse the incident.A Lookout Circular (LOC) had earlier been issued against Gupta. When the constabulary squad visited his residence successful Delhi, helium was recovered to beryllium absconding; a non-bailable apprehension warrant was subsequently issued against him.The territory medication demolished portion of the Romeo Lane edifice successful Vagator, Goa. The edifice is owned by Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, who besides ain Birch by Romeo Lane.The brothers fled to Thailand aft the fire, which claimed 25 lives, and are present being tracked by planetary authorities.