NEW DLEHI: The exterior affairs ministry on Wednesday obtained a request from the Goa authorities searching for to revoke the passports of Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, and the request is at the moment underneath examination, reported PTI citing sources. The transfer comes amid an increasing probe into the nightclub blaze in North Goa that killed 25 folks final week. Earlier on Tuesday Interpol issued a blue nook discover in opposition to the brothers, who’re believed to be hiding in Phuket, Thailand. In keeping with the police investigation, the Luthra brothers booked tickets for a Phuket-bound flight at 1.17am on December 7, whilst firefighters battled the huge hearth at Birch by Romeo Lane in Arpora. They reportedly flew out by 5.30am on IndiGo flight 6E-1073. Goa DGP Alok Kumar described their departure as “a transparent try and evade investigation.”Regardless of leaving India, the brothers have approached a Delhi courtroom for 4 weeks’ transit anticipatory bail, arguing they travelled to Thailand for work and to not escape. Their plea, filed in a Rohini courtroom on Wednesday, acknowledged: “We wish to come again,” whereas sustaining they weren’t concerned in each day operations of the nightclub.A seashore shack run by the brothers can be slated for demolition. Shortly after their departure, Look Out Circulars have been issued, and a Goa police workforce reached Delhi with an arrest warrant, however the duo was untraceable. Immigration authorities later confirmed that they had already left the nation. Their anticipatory bail plea will probably be heard on Thursday after the courtroom declined interim aid.In the meantime, Goa police have arrested 4 workers members of the nightclub – chief common supervisor Rajiv Modak, gate supervisor Priyanshu Thakur, bar supervisor Rajveer Singhania and common supervisor Vivek Singh – who’ve been remanded to 6 days’ custody. Three suspended state authorities officers have additionally been summoned because the investigation continues.
