The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted raids in at least eight-nine premises across Goa, Delhi and Haryana, that belong to owners of the fire-ravaged Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa, where a devastating fire in December killed 25 people.
The action is being undertaken after the federal probe agency booked a case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials said.
The properties raided include the offices and residential locations of brothers Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, Ajay Gupta, and Surinder Kumar Khosla – co-owners of the nightclub.
Besides searching Kingsway Camp in Delhi and Tatvam Villas in Gurugram (Haryana), officials also raided properties belonging to sarpanch Roshan Redkar and panchayat secretary Raghuvir Bagkar in Goa, both of whom are alleged to have facilitated and issued illegal trade licences and NOCs for the club, as per ED officials.
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Khosla, a British national, is accused of being a part of the money laundering angle arising from the illegal conversion of ‘khazan’ land (salt pan) on which the Birch by Romeo Lane club was located.
A fire broke out on December 6, 2025, at the nightclub in Goa’s Arpora village, when it was hosting a dance party, trapping many. While 25 people died, as many as 50 people were injured in the incident.
The Luthra brothers fled the country hours after the incident and travelled to Thailand, where they were later apprehended on the instructions of the External Affairs minister, and deported to India on December 17. They are currently in the custody of Goa police.
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