India, Dec. 11 -- A joint team of the Goa Police and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will leave for Thailand in a few days to secure the custody of the fugitive Luthra brothers, Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Thursday, adding that he expected the two to be brought to the state "as soon as possible."

Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the north Goa nightclub Birch by Romeo Lane, are accused of regulatory violations in the operation of the club, where 25 people were killed in a devastating fire that started late on Saturday.

Sawant said the two have been detained by the Thai police on a request by India in connection with the culpable homicide not amounting to murder case registered against them in Goa.

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