NEW DELHI: Goa Police on Thursday informed the court docket that Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, needed within the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub hearth that killed 25 folks – had “misled” investigators and proven “no cooperation” throughout the probe, in line with statements made in court docket.Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa, had moved Delhi’s Rohini court docket in search of anticipatory bail, and the listening to continued for the second day.Opposing their anticipatory bail pleas, police stated the brothers left for Phuket shortly after the December 6 blaze and inaccurately claimed that they had departed India sooner than information present. “There isn’t a cooperation on the a part of Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, which disentitled them for extraordinary safety by this court docket. They don’t have any enterprise in Thailand. They left the nation on December 7. Although, they stated that that they had left on the night time of December 6. Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra misled the court docket, misled the authorities and left the nation,” police submitted, as per ANI.Investigators informed the court docket that each brothers, together with companion Ajay Gupta, had been signatories of the membership’s operations. They added that the Panchayat licence for the venue had lapsed and had not been renewed on the time of the incident. The blaze broke out throughout a musical night time attended by almost 100 folks. Movies from minutes earlier than the incident confirmed performers dancing as electrical firecrackers had been set off, a probable set off. The membership’s in depth flammable decor, lack of useful fire-safety gear and a slim entry highway that left hearth engines stranded about 400 metres away worsened the state of affairs.Twenty-five folks, 5 vacationers and 20 employees members, died, most from inhaling poisonous smoke whereas trapped within the basement.4 staffers had been arrested quickly after the incident, whereas the Luthra brothers left for Thailand hours after reserving their tickets as the hearth was nonetheless being extinguished. Their companion Ajay Gupta was arrested in Delhi and later moved to Goa for questioning. Each Saurabh and Gaurav have since been detained in Thailand and are anticipated to be deported.
What the Luthras declare
Of their bail petition, the brothers argue they’re licensees, not house owners, of the constructing, and demand they travelled to Thailand for a enterprise assembly relatively than to evade investigators. They’ve sought 4 weeks’ transit anticipatory bail to keep away from rapid arrest upon arrival.The court docket will proceed listening to their pleas because the investigation into one in all Goa’s deadliest nightclub fires proceeds.