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Maharashtra: 33 persons booked after raid on bar in Bhiwandi

Updated on: 19 February,2024 12:02 PM IST  |  Thane
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The raid was held bar in Bhiwandi's Rajnoli Naka on Friday night, the Narpoli police station official said

Maharashtra: 33 persons booked after raid on bar in Bhiwandi

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Thirty-three persons were booked after a raid on a bar in Bhiwandi in Thane district, an official said on Monday, reported news agency PTI.


The raid was held bar in Bhiwandi's Rajnoli Naka on Friday night, the Narpoli police station official said, reported PTI.


"Thirty-three persons were booked. These include 12 women waiters, 17 customers and bar staff. They were charged with obscenity and other offences. No one has been arrested in the case," he said, reported PTI.


In another incident, the police have registered a case against 38 persons for obscenity and other violations following a raid at a bar in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Saturday, reported PTI.

Acting on a tip-off, the police raided a bar in the Anjur Phata area on Thursday night, the official said.

Waitresses were present in the bar, though the establishment did not have a licence to employ women, he said, reported PTI.

A case under section 294 (obscene acts and songs) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Maharashtra Police Act has been registered against 38 persons, including customers and employees of the bar.

Meanwhile, two persons were arrested on Friday for allegedly grabbing land that was allotted by the Maharashtra government to tribals in Bhiwandi in Thane district, a police official said, reported PTI.

Three FIRs were registered on the complaints of as many persons, Superintendent of Police DS Swami said.

He identified the accused as Javad Chiklekar, Majid Chiklekar, Fakir Chiklekar, Krishna Kachre, Jayant Gorle, Yasin Chiklekar and Azhar Chiklekar, reported PTI.

"Yasin Chiklekar and Javad Chiklekar have been arrested. The complainants are Vasant Pagi, Ravindra Haware and Baby Dhangada," he said, reported PTI.

The accused have been charged under IPC and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and efforts are on to nab those on the run, he added.

(With inputs from PTI)

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