With the transit anticipatory bail pleas of Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa, getting rejected yesterday, their arrest upon landing in India from Thailand is imminent.

The brothers had escaped to Thailand soon after a massive fire at their nightclub killed 25 people, including tourists and staff members, on December 6. Most of the staff were trapped in the kitchen and basement and died of suffocation, according to the Goa police.

Gaurav, 44, and his brother Saurav, 40, had fled to Phuket within hours of the tragedy. An Interpol Blue Corner notice was issued on December 9 following a request from the Goa police routed through the CBI. They were detained a day ago, with their pictures in handcuffs holding their passports emerging on social media.

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