Goa nightclub fire: Who are the Luthra brothers?

We find out more about the Goa inferno, the Luthra brothers behind the popular brand and who should be blamed at the end of it all.

Transcript

00:00Who owned the gutted Goa nightclub?

00:02This is Saurabh Luthra, owner of the popular Romeo Lane and once a Forbes India rising

00:07star who is now absconding and to be arrested for the deadly Goa Inferno at his restaurant

00:12Birch that claimed the lives of 25 people on 7th December 2025.

00:17Romeo Lane is owned by the Luthra brothers Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra named in the FIR

00:22whose second shack on Wagathaur beach has also been sealed now.

00:25They also owned other restaurants under the name Kaha in Goa and Mama's Boy in Delhi.

00:29As per reports, Delhi-based Saurabh Luthra was elusive to find in Goa circles, kept to

00:34himself and barely visited despite expanding.

00:37Needless to say, most of the staff did not recognise him.

00:40His representatives would be present at hearings in earlier cases against him like an earlier

00:44one on his nightclub flouting noise pollution rules.

00:47Meanwhile, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Savant has gone ahead to say that the fire broke out

00:51due to internal fireworks, the kind that come on special tables and not because of a cylinder

00:56blast as was being reported.

00:58So while opposition political parties want the blame to be shifted on the state for this

01:02night of horror and alleged license violations, the state seems to be putting it on the deeply

01:07shook Luthra brothers and firing associated department bureaucrats instead.

01:11Goa is not new to license violations and bent rules, from casino sting operations to narcotics.

01:17The state has for long been in a tussle between regulation and entertainment and continues to struggle.

01:23As the nightmare continues to sizzle, one question remains, who is to be blamed here, the system

01:28or the players?

01:29Let us know in the comments below.