The Thailand Police have detained brothers Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, who allegedly fled India after a fire at their nightclub in Goa killed 25 persons on December 7, PTI quoted unidentified officials as saying on Thursday.

The officials told the news agency that the brothers were detained in Phuket at the request of the Indian government. The process to bring them to India is underway, the officials added.

The fire had erupted around midnight on December 7 in a club named Birch by Romeo Lane , located near Baga beach, one of the most popular tourist spots in Goa. Twenty staff members and five tourists were killed.

A preliminary inquiry has said that “ electric firecrackers ” set off inside the premises triggered the fire.

Five persons, including the manager of the

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