The owners of the Goa nightclub where a devastating fire claimed 25 lives have been granted bail, but they will remain in jail due to a separate forgery case.
Key Points
- Owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa granted bail in connection to a deadly fire that killed 25 people.
- Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, the nightclub owners, initially fled to Thailand after the December 2025 fire.
- The nightclub allegedly lacked necessary permissions and violated safety regulations.
- Despite bail in the fire case, the Luthra brothers remain in custody due to a separate forgery case.
A sessions court at Mapusa in Goa granted bail to Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, in a case related to the devastating fire of last December that killed 25 people.
The Luthras, however, would remain in jail as they have been arrested in another case.
Hours after a fire broke out at the club situated in Arpora village on December 6, 2025, the brothers fled to Thailand, from where they were deported to India on December 17 and arrested by Anjuna Police.
It was alleged that the nightclub lacked requisite permissions and violated several safety-related rules.
Advocate Parag Rao, their lawyer, said additional sessions judge Dvijple Patkar granted bail to both the brothers in the fire case.
The brothers were taken into custody by Mapusa Police on Monday in an alleged forgery case. Despite getting bail in the fire case, they would continue to remain in prison in the second case.
