Ajay Gupta, the arrested accused in the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub fire incident, which claimed 25 lives, has been taken to the Saket district court in New Delhi for remand proceedings on Wednesday. He was detained by the Goa Police on Tuesday.
A fire broke out in an apartment located on the 9th floor of Radha Beach Residency on RK Beach Road in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. There were no casualties reported in the incident.
Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte on Tuesday described the recent fire incident involving the Birch by Romeo Lane establishment as a "very tragic episode," stressing the need for clear accountability and a fact-based inquiry into the matter.
The principal of Saraswati Shishu Mandir and his son, who were trapped inside the school building during the major fire on Tuesday evening, have been safely rescued, SP Nainital Dr Jagdish Chandra confirmed on Tuesday.
Goa Police on Tuesday detained one more accused, Ajay Gupta, a resident of New Delhi, in connection with the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane restaurant-cum-bar in North Goa.
In a press conference on the Earthquake centered off the Eastern Coast of Aomori Prefecture and Off the Coast of Hokkaido and Sanriku Subsequent Earthquake Advisory, Takaichi said that another quake is likely.
The club owners and accused in the Goa club fire case, Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, fled to Phuket in Thailand soon after the incident, the Goa police said in a press note on Monday.