Goa nightclub fire: 'I am only a partner,' says co-owner Ajay Gupta

NEW DELHI: (Dec 10) Ajay Gupta, one of the co-owners of Goa's 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, said that he is "only a partner" as he was brought to Delhi's Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Cell of the Crime Branch on Wednesday in connection with the blaze that killed 25 people.

Gupta, wearing a mask and covering most of his face, made the brief remark while entering the Crime Branch office at Sunlight Colony. Later, Gupta was taken to LNJP Hospital for medical tests, from where he would be taken to Saket court for the transit remand.

Sources said he was questioned by Goa Police and it initiated formal procedures to apprehend him and seek a transit remand. The sources added that Gupta had been evading investigators since the December 6 blaze in north Goa's Arpora area.