In a twist, two men, who claim to be the original owners of the land on which the fire-ravaged Birch by Romeo Lane in Goa once stood, have claimed that officials converted a part of his property from salt-pan land to a settlement zone without his knowledge, allegedly to benefit the nightclub.

India Today TV has exclusively accessed the plot's 7/12 extract, which shows that Surinder Khosla - a man who allegedly gave the land to the Luthra brothers to set up the club — does not appear anywhere in the official records. This raises the possibility of land grabbing from the original owners, Balkrishna Diuker and Krishna Diuker.

The Diukers have been fighting a civil case against Khosla, alleging that he illegally occupied their land. Khosla then set up a nightclub on the land, and it was la

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