An outside view of the Birch by Romeo Lane restaurant, in Arpora. The owners of the club, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, were detained in Thailand at the request of the Indian government. | Photo Credit: ANI
The nightclub co-owners, against whom an Interpol Blue Corner Notice had been issued, were detained at the request of the Indian government, they said.
Both the accused have been detained at Phuket in Thailand, and a process is underway to bring them to India, senior officials confirmed to PTI.
The duo booked their tickets for Phuket through a travel portal at 1.17 a.m. on December 7, within an hour of learning about the devastating fire at ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’, their nightblub at Arpora in North Goa, as per officials.
At the time when police and administration were still battling the blaze and attempting to rescue staff, the two left India in the early hours of Sunday (December 7, 2025) by an IndiGo flight.
The Goa Police had approached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the issuance of the Blue Corner Notice against them.
Published – December 11, 2025 11:27 am IST
