Panaji, July 2 -- The Goa police on Thursday filed a chargesheet against nightclub owners Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra in a second FIR linked to the December 2025 fire at Birch by Romeo Lane in Goa's Arpora village that killed 25 people.

The 2,306-page chargesheet names 50 witnesses and five accused, including the Luthra brothers; their partner in M/s Being GS Hospitality Goa Arpora LLP, which owned the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, Ajay Gupta; Dinesh Khera; and excise department clerk Gauresh Gawas.

According to the chargesheet, the Luthra brothers and Gupta submitted a forged no-objection certificate from the local health centre while applying for an excise licence, which was later issued to them.

An NOC from the health department is n...