US EditionLuthra Brothers Arrested by Goa Police on Arrival at Delhi Airport
The Luthra brothers were deported from Thailand and placed on a two-day transit remand in Delhi before being taken to Goa for investigation into a fire that killed 25 people.
- On Tuesday, a Delhi court granted a two-day transit remand for Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra following their deportation from Thailand, enabling Goa police to transfer them for investigation.
- A December 6 blaze at Birch By Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora killed twenty-five people, making it one of the deadliest nightclub fires in recent years.
- Authorities coordinated with central agencies and immigration authorities to secure the brothers' return from Phuket shortly after the blaze, and the court ordered a medical checkup at Safdarjung Hospital, allowing prescribed medication and personal items.
- The police team is expected to reach Goa by tomorrow morning and take the accused there Wednesday; investigators will question the brothers about the fire, and Goa police have arrested five managers and staff members.
- Their anticipatory bail plea from Thailand was rejected by the Delhi court, which cited the allegations' seriousness and denied Goa police's three-day remand request last week.
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Nightclub fire tragedy: Police get 2-day transit remand of Luthra brothers, will bring them to Goa on Dec 17
A Goa Police team is likely to land in Goa along with deported and arrested accused Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra at around 11 am on December 17 morning, said officials on Tuesday.
Delhi court grants Goa police 48 hours transit remand of Luthra brothers in nightclub fire case
Goa police team arrests Luthras at Delhi airport after they were deported from Thailand; duo taken to Safdarjung hospital for medical checkup; allowed to take medicines, pair of slippers, clothes, spectacles
Delhi court grants two-day transit remand of Luthra Brothers to Goa Police in nightclub fire tragedy
The Luthra brothers arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in an Indigo flight and were immediately handed over to authorities for further legal proceedings, 10 days after the blaze tore through the nightclub in Arpora in North Goa. The two had fled to Phuket hours after the tragedy.
The Luthra brothers, the main accused in the Goa nightclub fire, have been extradited from Thailand to India. They will be prosecuted under these sections of the BNS Act. Find out the punishment they will receive.
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