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Police Say Goa Nightclub Dancer Lacked Business Visa as Fire Probe Expands

Interpol issued a Blue Corner notice for the absconding owners of the Romeo Lane chain.

Overview

  • FRRO officials told PTI that the Kazakh performer, Kristina, had applied for a business visa but had not received approval, which would bar her from performing professionally in India.
  • A widely shared video shows electric firecrackers during the show, and the Goa chief minister said this was the prima facie cause of the blaze that killed 25 people.
  • Eyewitness accounts pointed to narrow exits at the Arpora venue, with many fatalities reported from suffocation as people were trapped on the ground floor and in the kitchen.
  • Goa’s chief minister directed the demolition of an illegal Romeo Lane beach shack at Vagator linked to the fugitive owners, with district authorities preparing to carry it out.
  • Police previously arrested five club officials, sealed other Romeo Lane properties, and continue inquiries into safety compliance, licensing, and criminal liability.