India, Dec. 14 -- Fugitive brothers Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of the nightclub Birch by Romeo Lane in Goa where a fire killed 25 people last week, may be brought back to India from Thailand as soon as Sunday, officials said on Saturday.

The Delhi-based businessmen had fled to Phuket in Thailand just hours after a blaze ripped through their nightclub. They took an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Phuket the morning of last Sunday, after learning of the fire that broke out late Saturday night, December 6, at their club in Arpora, North Goa.

The process for deportation has begun, and they are expected to be brought back to India by Sunday, officials familiar with the development told HT.

The passports of the Luthras were cancelled by t...