Overview
- Rohini district and sessions court declined interim protection on the brothers’ transit anticipatory bail plea and listed the matter for hearing on Thursday.
- Goa police said the brothers booked Phuket tickets at 1:17 am on December 7 while rescue operations were underway, and they later flew out on an early morning IndiGo flight.
- The Ministry of External Affairs is examining Goa’s request to revoke their passports after RPO Delhi issued impounding notices to both men.
- The brothers’ filings claim they traveled for business and argue there was no criminal intent, seeking four weeks of transit anticipatory bail to avoid arrest on return.
- Five club managers and staff have been arrested as Goa authorities pursue safety measures, including partial demolition of another Luthra-owned venue and a 60-day ban on pyrotechnics at entertainment sites.