Continuing its drive against hookah bars, Chhattisgarh Police on Thursday arrested a man and seized a huge cache of hookah materials valued at Rs 25 lakhs from him at a residential house here.
Raipur Superintendent of Police Prashant Agrawal identified him as Vimal Jain (53) of New Rajendra Nagar area in Raipur.
Police seized 110 hookah pots, 470 nicotine-based hookah flavours, 500 stick hookah, 30 gunny bags of hookah nozzle and 30 cartons of hookah coal.
Also, Raipur Police on Wednesday nabbed two persons, Ashok Mandhani (34) and Suhail Ehsaan (45), and seized hookah products and materials totaling Rs 60 lakhs from them.
The action came after Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed displeasure over the slow progress of action against hookah bars.