Panaji, March 27 -- The district and sessions court in Goa on Friday denied an application for anticipatory bail filed by the Luthra brothers - Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra - in a second case filed against them alleging they submitted forged documents in the applications they filed for permission to run Birch by Romeo Lane, the Goa nightclub where a devastating fire killed 25 people on the intervening night of December 6 and 7.

"The judge has passed an order denying anticipatory bail. We are yet to receive a copy of the order. We will decide on a future course of action once we do," Adv Parag Rao, representing the brothers, said.

The Arpora fire tragedy at Birch by Romeo Lane, an illegally operating nightclub, occurred on the intervening n...