India, Dec. 10 -- The Goa police on Wednesday denied allegations that delay on their part allowed the fugitive Luthra brothers to flee the country for Phuket in Thailand, hours after the fire incident at their nightclub in north Goa on Saturday night that killed 25 people.

In a statement, the police said that Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, the main accused in the case, booked their tickets at 1.17 am on Sunday, barely one and a half hours after the fire broke out.

The tickets were booked online via MakeMyTrip (MMT) platform.

"The Goa police investigation has revealed that the Luthra brothers booked tickets to Thailand on MMT platform at 1:17 AM on 7th December. While Goa Police and Fire Services were battling the blaze and rescuing those t...