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

July 7, 2012

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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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April 3,2020

Pilibhit, Apr 3: Two men were mauled to death by a tiger in the vicinity of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve here, an official said on Friday.

The incident happened in Richhaula Chowki of Gajraula area in the district on Thursday night when Ninder Singh (50) and his servant Dorilal (28) were sleeping on their agricultural field, Pilibhit Tiger Reserve Deputy Director Naveen Khandelwal told reporters.

The tiger also dragged them for over 500 metres, he said.

The forest department came to know about the incident when they were informed about it by Ninder's brother after which teams of police, district administration and forest department reached there.

The tiger was tranquillised on Friday by the forest department team and will be sent to Lucknow Zoo.

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February 19,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 19: Bengaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) on Wednesday raided a spa in Koramangala area and rescued six girls.

The owner of the spa is absconding and the manager has been arrested.

Further details are awaited.

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January 6,2020

New Delhi, Jan 6: A blind student who is pursuing research in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was also attacked by the mob that perpetrated violence in the University yesterday.

"I thought that the mob which came yesterday would disperse after raising a few slogans but they indulged in violence. They were targeting ABVP students. They beat me with sticks and rods. When I went to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, I came to know that there are many other injured students there," Surya Prakash, the blind student pursuing research in the University told ANI.

"I talked to my family members. They are really worried about the situation here. I qualified in the National Eligibility Test (NET) last year but I want to study and hence I am continuing research in JNU. How can we do anything in this atmosphere of fear? I am receiving calls from anonymous numbers threatening me not to come in front of the media. They are saying that as I am blind, I would become the face of this case," he added.

Another PhD student, Santosh Bhagat recounted his experience.

"In the evening at around 7 pm, many masked men entered the hostel. They had rods and sticks in their hands. We tried to go out but the attackers had entered the premises by then. I locked my room from inside but the attackers broke the door and entered my room and attacked me. They pushed me from the first floor and I fell down and sustained an injury. Later, I took shelter at one of the Professor's flat. Later, I was taken to the AIIMS Trauma Cantre," Bhagat said.

On Sunday evening, more than 30 students of the university, including JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh, were injured and were taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after a masked mob entered the JNU and attacked them and professors with sticks and rods.

The JNU administration and political leaders, cutting across political lines, condemned the attack on students and urged the police to take action against the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, the situation remained tense but peaceful outside JNU on Monday morning as the university guards maintained a strict vigil at the gate, checking I-cards of all those entering the university.

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