Key Highlights
- on Sunday (December 7, 2025), the traditional ‘halwai’ family of Lapung, about 60 km from Ranchi, grew apprehensive, fearing bad news.
- Their worst fears came true when Phagu Mahto (32) received a call from a village acquaintance, Nishan Kumar, who was in Goa in search of work.
- Mr.
- Kumar informed Phagu that both his younger brothers, Pradeep (24) and Vinod Mahto (20), had died in a massive fire at a nightclub in North Goa that killed 25 people and left six others injured.
- While Pradeep and Vinod hailed from Fatehpur village in Lapung, another youngster, Mohit Munda (22) from Govindpur village in Khunti district's Karra block, also died in the blaze, their families told PTI.
