5 held for serving hookah at restaurant in Mumbai

  • | Saturday | 20th October, 2018

Sources said the hotel used to serve hookah till the wee hours, and senior police officers were often seen partying there too. However, no action was taken till now.This is the second raid on a hookah parlour after the ban came into effect. Early this month, police had raided Chilly and Spice Restaurant at Kandivli and arrested six persons.Meanwhile, owner Munib Abdul Hamid Birya (39), manager Imran Iqbal Khan and three waiters have been remanded to police custody till Monday. Sending out a strong message to serve as a deterrent to others, the five were arrested under the non-bailable Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA).Ustadi Restaurant, earlier Zaffran, is situated opposite the Mumbai police commissioner's office on DN Road. MUMBAI: Despite the blanket ban on hookah parlours that came into effect in the state early this month, Ustadi Restaurant near Crawford Market continued to serve hookah.Early Saturday, DCP (Anti- Narcotic Cell) Shivdeep Lande raided the eatery and seized 30 hookah pots and arrested five persons, including its owner and manager.For the first time, the police have made 30 patrons, mostly college students, witnesses.

MUMBAI: Despite the blanket ban on hookah parlours that came into effect in the state early this month, Ustadi Restaurant near Crawford Market continued to serve hookah.Early Saturday, DCP (Anti- Narcotic Cell) Shivdeep Lande raided the eatery and seized 30 hookah pots and arrested five persons, including its owner and manager.For the first time, the police have made 30 patrons, mostly college students, witnesses. Sending out a strong message to serve as a deterrent to others, the five were arrested under the non-bailable Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA).Ustadi Restaurant, earlier Zaffran, is situated opposite the Mumbai police commissioner's office on DN Road. Sources said the hotel used to serve hookah till the wee hours, and senior police officers were often seen partying there too. However, no action was taken till now.This is the second raid on a hookah parlour after the ban came into effect. Early this month, police had raided Chilly and Spice Restaurant at Kandivli and arrested six persons.Meanwhile, owner Munib Abdul Hamid Birya (39), manager Imran Iqbal Khan and three waiters have been remanded to police custody till Monday.

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