Inside Their Phuket Hideout: Exclusive First Look at Hotel Room Where Luthra Brothers Were Nabbed

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a big update in the Goa fire tragedy probe, the Thailand Police have detained Saurabh Luthra and his brother Gaurav Luthra, who fled India after a fire at their nightclub claimed 25 lives. The nightclub co-owners, against whom an Interpol Blue Corner Notice had been issued, were detained at the request of the Indian government after a manhunt was launched.Times Now has accessed exclusive visuals from the hotel room from which the Luthra brothers were arrested. Both the accused have been detained at Phuket in Thailand, and a process is underway to bring them to India, senior officials confirmed to PTI.

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The duo booked their tickets for Phuket through a travel portal at 1.17 am on December 7, within an hour of learning about the devastating fire at 'Birch by Romeo Lane', their nightblub at Arpora in North Goa, as per officials. Following this, the Goa Police had approached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the issuance of the Blue Corner Notice against them.A Goa Police team is expected to fly to Thailand shortly to take custody and bring them back for trial.According to an eyewitness, the fire started on the dance floor, on which at least 100 people were present. The people, in an attempt to escape, ran downstairs to its kitchen located on the ground floor, where they got trapped along with the staff, Fatima Shaikh, a tourist from Hyderabad, said.Most of the deaths were caused by suffocation, as the victims got trapped on the ground floor and in the kitchen, according to a fire brigade official.(With PTI inputs)