Panaji, March 30 The Mapusa police in Goa took custody of Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra on Monday, who were arrested in connection with the December 6 nightclub fire that killed 25 people, in a case involving alleged forgery to obtain an excise license, an official said.
The two, currently in the central jail in Colvale, 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 the Anjuna police is investigating the fire tragedy, the Mapusa police have registered a case of forgery against the Luthras for allegedly providing forged documents to obtain a license from the excise department for the nightclub, the official explained.
"We took custody of Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra as part of our investigation," the Mapusa police station official said.
The Luthra siblings are the owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in the Arpora village, where a devastating fire on December 6 last year led to the deaths of 25 people and injuries to more than 50 others.
They had fled to Thailand at the time and were arrested after being deported from that country.
