Last Updated:December 12, 2025, 10:06 IST Thai authorities told CNN-News18 that they detained the brothers in Phuket and have now taken them to the Bangkok immigration office. Deportation process of Luthra brothers underway | Image: News18 The repatriation of Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra from Thailand is now officially underway, marking the first concrete step toward bringing the nightclub owners back to India in connection with the Goa fire that claimed 25 lives earlier this month. Thai authorities told CNN-News18 that they detained the brothers in Phuket and have now taken them to the Bangkok immigration office. There, they will be handed over to Indian officials before being flown back to the country to face legal proceedings. Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, co-owners of the fire-struck Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, were tracked down by Thai police at Hotel Indigo in Patong shortly after they fled India on an IndiGo flight while emergency crews were still battling the blaze that killed 25 people. Their passports were suspended by the Regional Passport Office in Delhi after …