Collector Ashish Singh along with Bairagarh SDM raided several hookah bars across the city on Thursday and registered FIRs against the operators. The places which were raided include Seven Oak Restaurant, Bairagarh, Hideout, Gandhinagar and Latitude, MP Nagar.
A joint team of SDM Bairagarh, Excise Officer, Station House Officer, Food and Drug Officer did intensive checking on hookah bars and registered a case under section 188 of IPC.
The Bhopal collector Ashish Singh teamed with Bairagarh SDM to conducted raids at several Hookah bars across the city which were flouting rules and serving tobacco products and after the operators were found doing it illegally case was registered against the operators.
Locations that were raided include Seven Oak Restaurant, Bairagarh, Hideout, Gandhinagar and Latitude, MP Nagar. A joint team of SDM Bairagarh, Excise Officer, Station House Officer, Food and Drug Officer did intensive checking at hookah bars and registered cases under sections 188 of the IPC.
Notably, E-hookah, nicotine hookah is banned in the district under section 144 of the CrPC by the district magistrate.