Kamla Nagar police have nabbed six persons after a raid was conducted at Hooka Lounge near Navgrah temple in Nehru Nagar and found consumption of tobacco on Monday. The owner did not have license for operating hooka lounge.
Police conducted raid at Woodvila Restaurant and it was found that customers were served tobacco products which has been banned. Manager and staff escaped the spot and search has been started of the accused.
Acting on a tip off police team conducted raid at Woodvila Restaurant. At the restaurant five persons were found consuming tobacco products while one person was found serving tobacco products to the five present at the time of the raid. Gopal Parihar was found serving tobacco products to the customers.
The police have registered a case under section 4, 7, 21 (1) Cigarette and other Tobacco Products 2013. The six nabbed accused were identified as Jatin Soni (19), Deepak Rathore (20), Aditya Singh (19), Rohit Singh (19), Anuj Nema (19) and Gopal Parihar (45).
The lounge has been operated by Shawar while Sohail works as manager at the Woodvila Restaurant.
The restaurant is functional for long in the area and has been raided earlier after which it stopped operating for some time and later it started again. This is for the second time that the hooka lounge has been raided.
The crime record of the absconding accused would be investigated in the further investigation. The nabbed staff would be grilled to find the whereabouts of the absconding Shawar and Sohail.