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

Twenty-five persons, including 20 staff members and five tourists, were killed in the major blaze at the facility in North Goa around midnight on December 6.

Goa Police landed with Gupta at Manohar International Airport, Mopa, at 9:45 pm on December 10. He was taken to Anjuna police station for further investigation, an official said.

Earlier on December 10, 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 d

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