In a raid conducted on a farmhouse in Khalapur taluka of the adjoining Raigad district where some police officials from Navi Mumbai had organised a mujra party, the police have detained 29 people, including 12 women, and seized large volumes of liquor and cash.
Acting on a tip-off that some police officials from Navi Mumbai were holding a rave party to bid farewell to newly retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Suresh Pawar, the police raided the farmhouse 'lake Palace' at Kolte Mokashi in Khalapur taluka of Raigad district shortly before Saturday midnight and found that some semi-clad women were indulging in obscene dancing in the presence of some police officials who were under the influence of alcohol.
The inebriated partying police officials were found throwing cash at the dancing women, the police.Police said that there were a few foreigners among the 12 detained women.The Raigad Police suspect that the partying police officials might have even consumed drugs like cocaine at the party."Blood samples of all the arrested persons — a majority of whom were police personnel from Navi Mumbai — have been taken and sent for chemical analysis. Cases will be booked against them once we receive the medical report," a senior Raigad district police official said.
This is not the first time when Khalapur has been a venue for a rave party.
In a raid conducted on a rave party being held at Hotel Mount View, located near Khalapur off the Mumbai-Pune National Highway, 70 km from here on June 26, 2011, as many as 240 people, mostly youngsters had tested positive for drug consumption.
Incidentally, Sakshi Khanna — who is Vinod Khanna’s son from his second marriage to Kavita Doshi, was among 290 people who had been detained at that time. Of the detained persons, 240 people — including Sakshi — had tested positive for drug consumption.