Delhi court grants 48-hour transit remand of Luthra brothers to police
According to the information obtained, at the hearing on Tuesday, the entrepreneur brothers burst into tears after confronting their family members for the first time since they escaped. They were brought to India from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and reached Delhi around 14:00.
Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra were brought back to India earlier in the day.
A court in Delhi on Tuesday granted Goa Police a 48-hour pass for Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of the Goa nightclub where 25 people died in a fire earlier this month. The two Delhi-based brothers were produced in the Patiala House Court after being deported from Thailand. Goa Police detained the accused upon their arrival at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport earlier in the day.
According to the information obtained, at the hearing on Tuesday, the entrepreneur brothers burst into tears after confronting their family members for the first time since they escaped. They were brought to India from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and reached Delhi around 14:00. Delhi Crime Branch and Goa Police teams later produced the persons in court, seeking transit detention for further investigations in the coastal state where the fire tragedy took place.
The Luthra brothers left India for Phuket, Thailand, shortly after a fire broke out in their nightclub in North Goa on the night of December 6. 25 people died in the fire and others were injured. Authorities in Thailand detained the brothers at a hotel in Phuket last week at the request of their counterparts in India. Before arresting the Luthras, the Goa Police had detained five people, including the club’s managers, in connection with the case. Officials said additional arrests may be made as the investigation continues.
