Brothers Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, who fled India last week in the aftermath of a devastating fire at their nightclub 'Birch by Romeo Lane' in Goa that killed 25 people, have been detained in Thailand, sources said.

A team from Goa Police is likely to travel to Thailand within the next 24 to 36 hours in anticipation of the Thai government deporting the brothers, paving the way for their swift return to India to face trial.

Flight And Not Guilty Plea

The brothers fled India on a Saturday morning IndiGo flight to Phuket. Initial inquiries revealed that tickets were booked through aggregator MakeMyTrip at 1:17 am, even as firefighters were battling the blaze.

Although they were located quickly—photographs surfaced of Gaurav Luthra at Phuket airport—they later sought protection from arres

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