In a major development, Goa Police has detained Ajay Gupta, one of the four co-owners of the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub where a massive fire claimed 25 lives. Gupta, who had been on the run since the incident, was detained in Delhi after a Look-Out Circular was issued against him.

“We have detained Ajay Gupta, one of the owners of the nightclub. He is the sixth person to be held in connection with the case,” news agency PTI quoted a Goa Police spokesperson as saying on Tuesday night.

“A Look-Out Circular had been issued against him after a police team failed to trace him at his Delhi residence,” the spokesperson said, adding that Gupta will be formally arrested once the procedures to bring him to Goa are completed.

Since the blaze on December 7, the police have arrested the nightc

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