India, Dec. 8 -- The authorities in Assam on Monday said they were in touch with their Goa counterparts for transporting the bodies of the three people from the northeastern state, who were among the 25 killed in the fire that ripped through a nightclub on Saturday.

"We have arranged tickets, and the bodies are expected to arrive here tomorrow [Tuesday]. All arrangements have been made, and we are trying to provide the families with financial aid under existing provisions," said District Disaster Management Authority (Cachar) officer Shamim Ahmed.

Two of the three, Manjit Mal, 24, and Rahul Tanti, 32, were from the Cachar district's tea garden communities.

Mal, a resident of Silcoorie Grant and son of a tea garden worker, had moved to ...