New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- The Luthra brothers - Gaurav and Saurabh, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, have filed a petition for anticipatory bail in Delhi's Rohini Court to evade arrest in connection with a fire at the establishment that claimed 25 lives.

According to news agency ANI, the anticipatory bail is scheduled to be heard before a sessions judge of Rohini court on Wednesday, December 10.

Both brothers had eloped to Phuket, Thailand, within hours of the deadly blaze on December 7.

The Interpol has issued a Blue Corner Notice against them to help locate and provisionally detain them pending extradition proceedings.

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