Panaji: Ajay Gupta, who claimed to be a silent partner and investor in the fire-ravaged 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, was brought to Goa from Delhi on a transit remand on Wednesday night for questioning.

Twenty-five people, including 20 staff members and five tourists, were killed in the major blaze at the facility in North Goa on Saturday night.

Goa Police landed with Gupta at Manohar International Airport, Mopa, at 9:45 PM. He was taken to Anjuna police station for further investigation, an official said.

Earlier in the day, Gupta, a resident of Jammu, was produced before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vinod Joshi in Delhi, who granted the Goa Police a 36-hour transit remand to take him to the coastal state.

The court cited the ongoing air travel crisis caused by disrupted I

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