Visuals of early Wednesday morning from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport showed the two in police custody following their deportation from Thailand and arrest by a Goa Police team.
A Goa Police team is likely to land in Goa along with deported and arrested accused Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra at around 11 am on December 17 morning, said officials on Tuesday.
The Patiala House Court on Tuesday allowed the Goa Police's application seeking transit remand of nightclub owners Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, granting permission to take them to Goa and produce them before the concerned court there.
The Luthra brothers, who had fled to Phuket, Thailand, hours after the horrific Goa nightclub fire incident, were brought back to Delhi on Tuesday. The duo will be produced before the Patiala House Court, and then the Goa police will take transit remand of the accused.
The Luthra brothers--Gaurav and Saurabh, owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub in Arpora, Goa, where 25 people were killed in a devastating fire on December 6--are being deported from Thailand today.
Luthra Brothers, the owner of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in North Goa, where 25 people were killed in a fire, will be deported from Thailand today, according to the Goa police.
Upon their arrival, officials from the central agencies will take Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra to the Patiala House Court in Delhi, from where the Goa Police will take them on transit remand.
According to Thai Immigration officials, Luthras were arrested under Section 12(7) of the Thai Immigration Act. Subsequently, officials at Phuket Immigration formally revoked their VISA permission to stay in Thailand, effectively cancelling their legal status in the kingdom. The Luthra br