A Goa court today extended the police custody of Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra by five days. They are owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, where a devastating fire on the 6th of this month resulted in 25 deaths. The siblings had fled to Thailand after the incident and were deported from that nation on 17th December.

The court has extended the police custody of the Luthra brothers by five days. The Anjuna police have registered a case against them for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other offences. The court has also remanded in judicial custody Ajay Gupta, another owner of the ill-fated club, as the police did not seek an extension of his custody.

Eight persons have been arrested so far, while police have initiated the process for the issuance of a Blue Corner Notice against British national Surinder Kumar Khosla, an accused who has fled to the United Kingdom.