Kazakh Dancer at Goa Nightclub Reportedly Lacked Enterprise Visa, Police Examine

Kazakh nationwide Kristina, who was dancing on the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub when an enormous blaze erupted and claimed 25 lives, did not have the enterprise visa to carry out in India, police mentioned on Tuesday.

A video was earlier circulated on social media exhibiting the bursting of electrical firecrackers and the blaze showing from the roof of the nightclub. It exhibits Kristina, who was performing stomach dance, and band members, speeding out in panic as the fireplace unfold quickly.

A senior police officer on the Foreigners Regional Registration Workplace (FRRO) instructed PTI that Kristina, initially from Kazakhstan, had utilized for a enterprise visa, however it isn’t sanctioned but.

“She had utilized for the enterprise visa, however she had but to get the approval,” the officer mentioned, including that within the absence of such permission, she can not carry out professionally in India.

When contacted, Superintendent of Police (FRRO) Arshi Adil instructed PTI that they’re “nonetheless inquiring into whether or not she had a enterprise visa.

Kristina, who goes by her Instagram identify Kristina Sheikh, is knowledgeable dancer with 272,000 followers.

Movies posted on her profile point out that she had been performing commonly on the nightclub.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had instructed reporters that electrical firecrackers have been the prima facie reason behind the tragedy that claimed 25 lives, together with 20 employees members and 5 vacationers.

Eyewitnesses had mentioned that the fatalities occurred attributable to slender exits within the nightclub, positioned within the backwater of the Arpora river.