The raid occurred after the police got a tip-off about the Kalpana bar in Grant Road violating the norms
On Saturday night, two dancers of a south bar were found hidden in the cavity of a toilet, during a raid. The raid occurred after the police got a tip-off about the Kalpana bar in violating the norms. When DCP Shivdeep Lande and his team reached there, they found 18 customers, nine waiters, a cashier and manager - both of whom were arrested immediately - and 12 bar girls, of which two were found hiding in a cavity constructed in one of the bar's toilet.
The cops also seized over Rs 84,000 in cash. Prior to this, in a raid on May 26, similar cavities were found at Sharmili bar in Dahisar, where 50 people were arrested, including 46 customers. One of them was constructed in a concealed cupboard where the bar management had hidden 11 women. Another cavity was made behind a corner and covered with a refrigerator.
Speaking to mid-day, Lande said, "I follow the rules. I will fulfil whatever responsibility is assigned to me by my superiors. These raids are the result of just that."
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