New Delhi : In a big development in the Goa nightclub fire probe, the Thai police arrested the Luthra brothers in Phuket on Thursday. The arrest comes five days after the inferno at the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub killed 25 people, including 20 staff members and five tourists. The police have been on the lookout for the club owners—Gaurav and Saurav Luthra—who fled to Thailand soon after the major blaze at the facility in North Goa around midnight on December 6.

The dramatic detention of Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra in Phuket did not happen by chance. It was the result of a rapid, coordinated operation involving the Goa Police, central agencies, Interpol and Thai authorities — all working under the India–Thailand Extradition Treaty. Here’s how the chase unfolded.

1. Hours after the fir

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