Goa nightclub fire tragedy: Mapusa police takes custody of Luthra siblings in forgery case

Mapusa: (Mar 30) Mapusa police in Goa on Monday took custody of Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, arrested for the December 6 nightclub fire tragedy that killed 25 persons, in a case of alleged forgery to obtain an excise licence, an official said.

The two, currently in Colvale central jail in North Goa, were taken into custody after the additional sessions court in Mapusa rejected their anticipatory bail petition on March 27 in the forgery case, he added.

While Anjuna police is investigating the fire tragedy, Mapusa police registered a case of forgery against the Luthras for allegedly providing forged documents to obtain a licence from the excise department for the nightclub, the official explained.