The Gurugram police have sent a communiqué to the District Excise department, urging the cancellation of licences of pub, bar and massage centers which are involved in illegal activities. According to police, there are more than 45 such establishments in this area and they all are under police scanner.
"We have written a letter to the District Excise Commissioner and urged them to take necessary actions against the establishments who didn't follow orders and allegedly involved in illegal activities," KK Rao Commissioner of Police, said.
"We just want to avoid any unwanted incidents as we are getting number of complaints of prostitution and assault violations. We have also instructed them to not involve any illegal activity. If any of these establishments will involve in any unlawful activity then we will take strict action against them as per the law," Rao said.
According to sources, police chief recently visited the mall mile area to cross-check the activities in these establishments. There the Commissioner had noticed several illegal activities were going in the different Pub, Bar and other outlets.
Meanwhile, Gurugram Police have cracked down dozens of spa and massage centers this year till now. Police said such centers operate legally in the city, most centers offer lucrative packages to attract people.
Police also claimed that most of the spa and massage centres are operational in upscale areas like malls situated on Mehrauli-Gurugram Road, Sohna Road, Golf Course Road and Palam Vihar. Besides this, many centres also operate from prominent residential localities such as DlF 1, 2, Sushant lok, South City, sector 50, 53, 56, Palam Vihar and the old Gurugram.
Earlier on Wednesday, the city police busted a prostitution racket operating from a spa and massage centre in Sector-29 area.
During the raid, 11 women, including five Thailand nationals along with customers, were arrested and booked under different sections of the Immoral Trafficking Act.
Moreover, earlier in January, the Gurugram police had busted a high-profile sex racket operating out of a spa and massage centre in the MGF Mega City Mall on the Mehrauli-Gurugram road in which nine people were arrested including four women from Thailand and five Indians.