The process to repatriate Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa where a fire claimed 25 lives, has encountered further delays. Their return to India is now on hold after the revocation of their passports, a step that has necessitated the issuance of emergency travel certificates by the Indian embassy in Bangkok. Advertisement

The Luthra brothers, initially detained in Phuket, have been moved to the Immigration Division Centre in Bangkok while officials work through the required procedures.

According to sources, the delay stemmed from the revocation of the Luthra brothers’ passports, which has triggered the need for emergency travel certificates to be issued by the Indian embassy. The process requires completion of certain formalities in Bangkok b

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