Overview
- Authorities razed a 198-square-metre encroachment at Romeo Lane’s Vagator beach shack and sealed additional properties linked to the owners.
- Interpol issued a Blue Corner notice for Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra after police confirmed they flew from New Delhi to Phuket hours after the blaze.
- Ajay Gupta, named as a co-owner, was detained in Delhi after a Look Out Circular, while UK citizen Surinder Kumar Khosla is also on an LOC.
- Five operational managers were previously arrested, and police have booked the owners under culpable homicide and other safety-related sections.
- Investigators cite cold pyro effects igniting combustible décor, with many victims—mostly staff—dying of suffocation, as probes widen to panchayat approvals, passport impounding and a new safety-audit drive.