A Delhi court on Thursday denied transit anticipatory bail to Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, who allegedly fled India after a fire at their nightclub in Goa killed 25 persons on December 7, Bar and Bench reported.

The Thailand Police detained the brothers in Phuket on Thursday at the request of the Indian government. The process to bring them to India is underway.

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 club, had been arrested in the matter.

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