Goa Court Revokes Bail of Luthra Brothers in Club Fire Case
· India · Indian Express, The Hindu
The High Court of Bombay at Goa cancelled the bail that had been granted to Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra in April over the December 6, 2025, fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, North Goa, where 25 people, including five tourists, were killed. The court ordered the brothers to surrender within two weeks and permitted them to file a fresh bail application. A 4,420‑page chargesheet filed by Goa police names 13 accused, including the Luthra brothers, and charges them with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, forgery and other offences related to forged documents and a locked emergency exit. The chargesheet alleges that after learning of the fire at 11:45 pm, the brothers fled the premises on January 13 am and took flights to Phuket by 5:25 am, while a co‑accused had left Goa earlier that day. The state government had challenged the lower court’s bail order in both the fire case and a separate forgery case. No new evidence on the cause of the fire was provided in
Why it matters
The revocation means the Luthra brothers face immediate arrest and legal scrutiny, affecting families of the 25 victims, especially the five tourists who died. It also signals stricter enforcement of safety norms for nightclubs in Goa.
Read the original report — Indian Express
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