Home / Crime and Justice / Ghaziabad Hookah Bars Raided, Four Arrested
Ghaziabad Hookah Bars Raided, Four Arrested
20 Oct
Summary
- Four individuals apprehended in Ghaziabad for operating illegal hookah bars.
- Seventeen hookahs confiscated from two restaurants shut down by authorities.
- Four police officers suspended due to negligence in enforcing the ban.
Ghaziabad police arrested four individuals on Sunday for operating illegal hookah bars within city restaurants, leading to the sealing of two establishments. Authorities confiscated 17 hookahs from these locations. The crackdown occurred after receiving numerous resident complaints about hookah bars operating despite a ban.
Four police officers, including two sub-inspectors, have been suspended for negligence related to the illegal operations. DCP (trans-Hindon) Rijul led checks at 10 establishments following complaints about hookah services. The Allahabad High Court had previously banned hookah bars across Uttar Pradesh in September.
At The Public House in Kaushambi, three men were arrested, and five hookahs were seized. An FIR was registered under the COTPA, 2003. Teams are working to apprehend the restaurant's operator. At Yarana Bar and Restaurant, the manager was arrested, and 12 hookahs were seized, with further efforts underway to arrest the bar's operators. Additionally, departmental inquiries have been initiated against the suspended officers.
