Vasant Dhoble strikes again, arrests 31 in raid on a Mumbai bar

July 7, 2012

Mumbai, July 7: Mumbai Police's social service branch, which is headed by hockey stick-wielding cop Vasant Dhoble, raided a bar in suburban Mumbai on Friday night. The raid was conducted on Sangam Bar in Malad and the police say 14 bar girls were rescued and 28 customers and three employees of the bar were arrested. They have been booked under various sections of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act. This is the second raid on Sangam Bar in the last six months.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble has come under criticism lately for attempting to clamp down on the city's night life. Earlier this week, industrialist Tehseen Poonawala filed a petition against Mr Dhoble on the issue of German girls being wrongly labelled as prostitutes. Mr Poonawala has called the controversial cop's action as "khaki talibanisation of Mumbai".

Mr Dhoble, however, has the backing of his boss, Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik. Mr Patnaik had earlier described Mr Dhoble as an officer with impeccable integrity. Over the last few months, ACP Dhoble has been cracking down on establishments that he says flout norms. Last month, nearly 1000 people marched on Carter Road in Bandra to protest against him.

Earlier, two sisters, who were booked under the Prevention of Illegal Trafficking Act (PITA), had filed a defamation suit against Mr Dhoble in the Bombay High Court. In their plea, they had demanded a compensation of Rs. 2 crore from the senior police officer for defamation and wrongful detention. The complainants were booked under PITA after a raid on June 4 by Mr Dhoble's team at a restaurant in suburban Mumbai. The High Court ruled that he was just doing his job, and also dismissed a defamation case against him. The court had also said that the petition was too premature to decide upon as a lower court was already hearing the sisters' plea for their early release from a remand home.

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Monkey beaten, hung up on tree after it enters Telangana house in search of food

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June 29,2020

Khammam, Jun 29: In an outrageous incident, some youths beat up a monkey and strung it up on a tree to death while also releasing dogs to attack it in Ammapalem village in Telangana's Khammam district.

A video of the heinous incident of animal cruelty has surfaced on social media, in which the monkey is seen hanging by a rope from a tree, desperately flailing its limbs while a couple of dogs attempt to pounce on and torment the hapless simian. After a while, several men are seen in the video approaching the animal with long sticks.

Forest officials have charged one villager Venkateshwar Rao under Wildlife Protection Act along with the other accused and arrested them. They were released on bail on Saturday and are set to be summoned for questioning by forest officials.

Rao had spotted the monkey, which had entered his residence apparently in search of food and beat it with a stick and hung it from a tree with the help of his friend.

In the video of the incident, Rao could also be seen instructing his pet dogs to bite the monkey, which was fighting for its life.

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Case booked against man for spitting in public

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April 11,2020

Hyderabad, Apr 11: With the Telangana government banning spitting in public places in the backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic, a police case has been registered here against a man for violating the rule.

During vehicle-checking on Friday, police found the man spitting on the road here and registered a case against him for disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant, police said.

Spitting in public places and institutions has been banned in the state in view of the pandemic with the government saying such acts pose a serious threat of leading to spread of infections.

"In the interest of public health and safety, the spitting of paan/any chewable tobacco or non-tobacco product, sputum in public places & institutions is hereby BANNED with immediate effect," a gvernment notification said.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the importance of hygiene and cleanliness in both personal as well as public spheres, the April 6 notification issued by the Health, Medical and Family Welfare department said.

"It is of utmost need to impose restrictions on unhealthy practices that may potentially lead to spread of such viruses and other infections," it said.

The habit of public spitting poses a serious threat of leading to spread of such infections, the notification added.

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