The Luthras are being moved to Bangkok, where Indian officials will take custody at Suvarnabhumi Airport before shifting them to the Suan Fu Immigration Detention Centre. With their passports already cancelled, the Indian Embassy will issue emergency travel documents. From Bangkok, the brothers will be flown to Delhi and subsequently taken to Goa, where police plan to arrest them upon landing.
The investigation has widened after officials uncovered links between the brothers and 42 companies—many suspected to be shell firms—registered to a single Delhi address in Hudson Lane. Corporate records show the duo listed as directors or partners in multiple entities alleged to exist only on paper. Authorities are examining whether these firms were used for dubious transactions.
According to investigators, the brothers were booking Thailand tickets even as fire teams battled the blaze at “Birch by Romeo Lane” in Anjuna on the night of 6 December. Records show they accessed an online travel portal at 1:17 a.m. and later flew from Delhi to Phuket on an IndiGo flight at 5:30 a.m.
Goa Police sought Interpol assistance through the Ministry of External Affairs and the CBI, leading to a Blue Corner notice being issued. Delhi Police have also opened a parallel investigation, given the brothers’ residence and business interests in the city.
Meanwhile, the Luthras moved an anticipatory bail plea in Rohini Court, claiming they travelled to Thailand for work. Delhi Police opposed the plea, stating that a Goa court had already issued a non-bailable warrant against them.
