NAGPUR: A New Year bash party at an upmarket hotel at Ramdaspeth was raided by DCP (crime branch) Gajanan Rajmane in the wee hours of Friday.
Around 62 people were rounded up during the action. As per police source, the hotel management was offering the revellers hookah, liquor and also rooms. A senior officer said that local residents had checked into rooms where they had even tried to take shelter during the raid.
"The rooftop party of the hotel too was illegally being conducted. Around 120 is the capacity for which 60 were permitted as per the 50% norms. We have videos where 300-400 customers can be seen," he said.
"The hotel was serving liquor and other things even in the corridor which was jampacked," said the officer.
Police have initiated serious actions against the hotel owners and manager for multiple violations now. A FIR is under way at Sitabuldi police station, said a senior officer.
DCP Rajmane who was on night round said that the raid was conducted following an input regarding the party being under way in the early hours of the day. The staffers from Sitabuldi and other adjoining police stations too had joined the raid.
Sources stated the revellers, including women in inebriated condition, were taken to the Government medical college and hospital (GMCH) where they were put through medical examinations.