Seven hookah centres in Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills were inspected by the police, samples were collected and sent to the Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory
A day after the operators of a hookah centre in Banjara Hills allegedly tortured a youngster for recovery of dues, police on Wednesday cracked down on many such centres by raiding them.
Seven hookah centres in Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills were inspected by the police. Samples were collected from these centres and are being sent to the Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory (APSFL) to ascertain if any narcotic substances were being used to attract the customers.
Cases under Section 21/76 of the City Police Act were booked against all the seven centres for violating licence conditions. Some of them failed to maintain the mandatory registers of the customers and were operating beyond the closing time of 8 p.m., the Banjara Hills ACP, E. Shankar Reddy, said.
Meanwhile, the Banjara Hills police picked up Kaleem and Qadir for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a teenager Deepak to recover dues from him. They are being interrogated.
The Home Minister, P. Sabita Indra Reddy, directed the City Police Commissioner to ensure that minors are not allowed into the hookah centres.
She directed the police to cancel the licences of the centres if they were found allowing minors to use hookah.
Keywords: raid on hookah centres, APSFL
Abnormally delayed action by police indeed.When some of the states
banning gutkha and pan masala etc,why can't the govt of A.P ban
these harmful goods for the well being of the younger
generation,some of whom are being edicted and ruining their
lives.Surely there is a nexus between some of the politicians as
well as police and the managers of these pubs,otherwise this
wouldn't go to that extent.Hope,the home minister would comply what
she had promised in front of the media to set the things right.
"mandatory registers of the customers". Thats surely draconian?
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