Hookah parlour case: HC summons Thane top cop
20 Dec 2012 5:40 AM IST
Disappointed with the affidavit filed by Thane police commissioner K P Raghuvanshi on the allegation that police are allowing hookah parlours to function despite the government ban, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked him to appear before it on Thursday.
Raghuvanshi will have to appear before a division bench headed by justice AM Khanwilkar.
The bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by NGO ‘Crusade Against Tobacco’ claiming that hookah parlours are operating in neighbouring Thane district despite ban imposed on them by the state government.
The petitioner had on the last hearing in November alleged that the local police were trying to shield the owner of a hotel ‘Hollywood- 18’ located on Ghodbunder Road in Thane.
According to Vincent Nazareth of the NGO, some volunteers of the organisation had in September 2012 spotted more than 100 youngsters smoking hookah at the hotel, but when they approached the local police somebody from the police station tipped off the hotel management and consequently when they raided the hotel the place was cleared of the wrongdoings.
The court had on the last hearing directed Raghuvanshi to file a personal affidavit on this allegation.
However, the court expressed its displeasure over the affidavit, which according to the bench was silent on the incident mentioned by the petitioner.
Raghuvanshi will have to appear before a division bench headed by justice AM Khanwilkar.
The bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by NGO ‘Crusade Against Tobacco’ claiming that hookah parlours are operating in neighbouring Thane district despite ban imposed on them by the state government.
The petitioner had on the last hearing in November alleged that the local police were trying to shield the owner of a hotel ‘Hollywood- 18’ located on Ghodbunder Road in Thane.
According to Vincent Nazareth of the NGO, some volunteers of the organisation had in September 2012 spotted more than 100 youngsters smoking hookah at the hotel, but when they approached the local police somebody from the police station tipped off the hotel management and consequently when they raided the hotel the place was cleared of the wrongdoings.
The court had on the last hearing directed Raghuvanshi to file a personal affidavit on this allegation.
However, the court expressed its displeasure over the affidavit, which according to the bench was silent on the incident mentioned by the petitioner.
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