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Actress Rescued As High-Profile Prostitution Racket Busted In Hyderabad
A high-profile prostitution racket was busted following a raid at a hotel in the posh Banjara hills locality in Hyderabad and a 24-year-old budding film actress from Mumbai was rescued, police said today.
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Crackdown On Hotels Flouting Norms, Over 3000 LPG Cylinders Seized In Mumbai
In a drive against hotels, restaurants and roadside food stalls flouting civic norms, the BMC has seized about 3,405 illegal LPG cylinders after raiding a total of 26,270 eateries in Mumbai in last seven months.
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Maharashtra Government To Frame Rules To Ensure Police Don't Misuse Powers While Raiding Hotels
The Maharashtra government on Thursday informed the Bombay High Court it was planning to frame guidelines to ensure police don't misuse powers while raiding hotels to check prostitution.
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Rakesh Maria's Diktat to Mumbai Cops: Don't Harass Couples at Public Places
Faced with widespread outrage after mid-day reported on couples being picked up from hotel rooms in a raid at Madh and Aksa, Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has issued a circular to his men, asking them to avoid trampling all over citizens' privacy, or face legal action
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High Court Issues Notice to Cops, Maharashtra Government on Hotel Raids
The Bombay High Court has asked the city police chief and the state government to file a reply on the raids on hotels conducted earlier this month, during which consenting couples were allegedly dragged out from rooms and humiliated.
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Mumbai Cop Handling Probe into Alleged Harassment of Couples Transferred
A senior police officer who was handling the probe into the infamous raids earlier this month on several Mumbai hotels, has been transferred.
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Abhay Deol Slams Mumbai Hotel Raids in Facebook Post on Sex
"But booking young kids for a crime they didn't commit, physically and mentally abusing them publicly? To me it looks more like it was the police that was guilty of 'public indecency'. All this because they were young adults having sex. How liberated can you be!? They must be punished. By any law out there," writes Abhay in his post
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Attacked for Targeting Couples in Hotel Raids, Mumbai Police Chief Pulls Up Officers
Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has reprimanded two police officers for last week's raids on hotels, when cops pulled out couples from rooms that they had checked into and allegedly harassed and humiliated them, according to sources.
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Don't Demoralise Cops With Moral Policing Charges: Maharashtra Minister
A senior Maharashtra minister has rubbished allegations of "moral policing" by the Mumbai Police, which has earned widespread criticism for its heavy-handed action against couples who had checked into hotels that it raided last week.
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Mumbai Police Chief Orders Probe Into Raids on Couples in Hotels
Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria has ordered an investigation into the last week's raids at hotels and lodges during which couples were allegedly detained and harassed by the police. The police action -- allegedly dragging out consenting couples from hotel rooms -- faced widespread criticism from the civil society.
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Juhu rave party: IPL cricketers Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell test positive
IPL cricketers Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell have tested positive for drugs at a rave party held in Mumbai's suburban Juhu on May 20. They are among the 100-odd people who were detained after the Mumbai police had raided the alleged rave party the hotel in suburban Juhu.
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Having a party? Prepare for some surprise guests
Nearly 24 hours after a rave party was raided at a Juhu hotel on Sunday night, the Maharashtra State Excise Department issued strict orders making it mandatory for all ward officers to conduct surprise checks at venues, which have been issued one-day party licences.
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Celebrities, cricketers at Juhu rave party raid
As we enter the death overs of Indian Premier League (IPL), season 5, one controversy after another is raising its ugly head. In the latest, Mumbai police reportedly detained two Pune Warriors India (PWI) players while busting a rave party in a late-night raid yesterday. One of the cricketers is of South African origin, while the other is an Indian...
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Why sex traders keep this cop's photo with them
He's no movie star. But assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble of Social Service (SS) branch apparently has his photographs lying around in people's desk drawers. Well, not just any people. During a a raid at a hotel Dhoble found his photographs from a drawer close to the cash counter. The staff allegedly revealed that they had been g...
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Aspiring TV actors arrested for prostitution
A 23-year-old sex worker and her agent were arrested from a five-star hotel in Shivajinagar in a raid conducted by the Social Security Cell (SSC) of the city police on Saturday evening. Both the accused are aspiring television actors in Mumbai and had met during an audition a few months ago. Yogita Madhukar Londhe, 23, and Gaurav Satyavirsingh Panv...
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Actress Rescued As High-Profile Prostitution Racket Busted In Hyderabad
A high-profile prostitution racket was busted following a raid at a hotel in the posh Banjara hills locality in Hyderabad and a 24-year-old budding film actress from Mumbai was rescued, police said today.
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Crackdown On Hotels Flouting Norms, Over 3000 LPG Cylinders Seized In Mumbai
In a drive against hotels, restaurants and roadside food stalls flouting civic norms, the BMC has seized about 3,405 illegal LPG cylinders after raiding a total of 26,270 eateries in Mumbai in last seven months.
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Maharashtra Government To Frame Rules To Ensure Police Don't Misuse Powers While Raiding Hotels
The Maharashtra government on Thursday informed the Bombay High Court it was planning to frame guidelines to ensure police don't misuse powers while raiding hotels to check prostitution.
-
Rakesh Maria's Diktat to Mumbai Cops: Don't Harass Couples at Public Places
Faced with widespread outrage after mid-day reported on couples being picked up from hotel rooms in a raid at Madh and Aksa, Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has issued a circular to his men, asking them to avoid trampling all over citizens' privacy, or face legal action
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High Court Issues Notice to Cops, Maharashtra Government on Hotel Raids
The Bombay High Court has asked the city police chief and the state government to file a reply on the raids on hotels conducted earlier this month, during which consenting couples were allegedly dragged out from rooms and humiliated.
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Mumbai Cop Handling Probe into Alleged Harassment of Couples Transferred
A senior police officer who was handling the probe into the infamous raids earlier this month on several Mumbai hotels, has been transferred.
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Abhay Deol Slams Mumbai Hotel Raids in Facebook Post on Sex
"But booking young kids for a crime they didn't commit, physically and mentally abusing them publicly? To me it looks more like it was the police that was guilty of 'public indecency'. All this because they were young adults having sex. How liberated can you be!? They must be punished. By any law out there," writes Abhay in his post
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Attacked for Targeting Couples in Hotel Raids, Mumbai Police Chief Pulls Up Officers
Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has reprimanded two police officers for last week's raids on hotels, when cops pulled out couples from rooms that they had checked into and allegedly harassed and humiliated them, according to sources.
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Don't Demoralise Cops With Moral Policing Charges: Maharashtra Minister
A senior Maharashtra minister has rubbished allegations of "moral policing" by the Mumbai Police, which has earned widespread criticism for its heavy-handed action against couples who had checked into hotels that it raided last week.
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Mumbai Police Chief Orders Probe Into Raids on Couples in Hotels
Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria has ordered an investigation into the last week's raids at hotels and lodges during which couples were allegedly detained and harassed by the police. The police action -- allegedly dragging out consenting couples from hotel rooms -- faced widespread criticism from the civil society.
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Juhu rave party: IPL cricketers Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell test positive
IPL cricketers Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell have tested positive for drugs at a rave party held in Mumbai's suburban Juhu on May 20. They are among the 100-odd people who were detained after the Mumbai police had raided the alleged rave party the hotel in suburban Juhu.
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Having a party? Prepare for some surprise guests
Nearly 24 hours after a rave party was raided at a Juhu hotel on Sunday night, the Maharashtra State Excise Department issued strict orders making it mandatory for all ward officers to conduct surprise checks at venues, which have been issued one-day party licences.
-
Celebrities, cricketers at Juhu rave party raid
As we enter the death overs of Indian Premier League (IPL), season 5, one controversy after another is raising its ugly head. In the latest, Mumbai police reportedly detained two Pune Warriors India (PWI) players while busting a rave party in a late-night raid yesterday. One of the cricketers is of South African origin, while the other is an Indian...
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Why sex traders keep this cop's photo with them
He's no movie star. But assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble of Social Service (SS) branch apparently has his photographs lying around in people's desk drawers. Well, not just any people. During a a raid at a hotel Dhoble found his photographs from a drawer close to the cash counter. The staff allegedly revealed that they had been g...
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Aspiring TV actors arrested for prostitution
A 23-year-old sex worker and her agent were arrested from a five-star hotel in Shivajinagar in a raid conducted by the Social Security Cell (SSC) of the city police on Saturday evening. Both the accused are aspiring television actors in Mumbai and had met during an audition a few months ago. Yogita Madhukar Londhe, 23, and Gaurav Satyavirsingh Panv...
