Overview
- Goa Police detained co-owner Ajay Gupta in New Delhi in the Birch by Romeo Lane fire case that killed 25 people on December 7.
- An FIR states the Vagator club lacked fire extinguishers, sprinklers, alarms and a prior fire audit before opening.
- Owners Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra left for Thailand after the blaze, with Goa Police seeking passport cancellation and reporting an Interpol notice.
- Goa’s chief minister ordered action against illegal venues, the Romeo Lane beach shack at Vagator was demolished, and committees were formed for random safety checks and licensing reforms.
- In Haryana’s Nuh district, villagers in Aminabad stoned a police team, freed cyber-fraud suspect Riaz, seriously injured four officers, and now face an FIR as police work to identify those involved in what officials say is the second such attack in a month.