Overview
- Thai authorities detained Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra in Phuket, and officials say deportation proceedings to India have begun.
- A Delhi court rejected their transit anticipatory bail pleas, leaving the brothers without interim protection from arrest upon return.
- Indian agencies secured an Interpol Blue Corner notice and suspended or impounded the brothers’ passports to curb further travel.
- Goa Police say the brothers booked Thailand tickets at 1:17 am on December 7 while responders battled the blaze that killed 25 at Birch by Romeo Lane.
- Preliminary findings point to pyrotechnics and major fire-safety failures; co-owner Ajay Gupta is in police custody, several staff have been arrested, and Goa has launched enforcement actions with an inquiry report due.