‘It was their 1st Goa trip’: 4 of family die in fire

A family in Delhi was left reeling on Sunday, hours after it emerged that a fire at a nightclub in Goa had claimed the lives of four members.

- Jignasa Sinha

At least 25 people, including 20 staff members, were killed in the massive blaze that erupted at Birch by Romeo Lane in the early hours of Sunday. Among the dead were three sisters Anita, Kamla, and Saroj Joshi as well as Vinod Kumar, the husband of another sister, Bhavna Joshni—who is also the lone survivor.

Anita and Kamla bodies have been identified and preserved with the inquest proceedings and post mortem examinations pending. But two of the other bodies were so completely charred that it had been “tough” to even identify them.

Kamla, who was the eldest sister in her family, is survived by her husband Naveen, a businessman, and their two children.