Overview
- Ajay Gupta, a partner in Birch by Romeo Lane, was detained in Delhi and is being brought to Goa for questioning and likely court production.
- Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra filed for anticipatory bail in a Delhi court as Interpol issued Blue Corner notices to trace them in Thailand, with Look Out Circulars and passport impounding notices also in motion.
- Following orders from Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, officials demolished an unauthorised 198-square-metre portion of the Romeo Lane beach shack in Vagator.
- Goa Police arrested five on-site managers and booked the owners under culpable homicide and negligence provisions, while issuing LOCs for British national Surinder Kumar Khosla.
- Early probe points to indoor electric firecrackers igniting a wooden ceiling; reports highlight expired licences, congested exits and prior demolition orders, with 25 dead, mostly staff.