Police raid illegal hookah parlor in Khadipar, five people booked

City News Mumbai/Gani Khan

Nizampura Police raided an illegally operated hookah parlor in Khadipar area of Bhiwandi and booked five people. Police also seized items used for smoking hookah from the spot.

According to the police, information was received on the night of November 4 at around 11:10 PM about a hookah parlor being run without permission near the bridge behind Sameer Service Center in Khadipar. Following this, Nizampura Police raided the spot. Police allege that Sajjad Akhtar Ansari (22), Rajkumar Mukesh Kumar Yadav (36), Raees Ahmad Asgar Ali Ansari (47), Ganesh Gorangu Devnach (42) and Sanjay Jagdish Kumar (35) together were providing tobacco-mixed flavored hookah to customers.

During the action, police seized two glass hookah pots, three rubber pipes and clay chillums worth Rs 1,400. All five accused were served notices under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and released. A case has been registered at Nizampura Police Station under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act. Police Constable Kamble is investigating the matter.

Two friends attacked for asking borrowed money back, one critically injured

Attacked with wooden stick and iron rod after dispute; case registered against accused

City News Mumbai/Gani Khan

Asking for borrowed money back proved costly for two friends in Murtaza Compound area of Bhiwandi. A man allegedly assaulted two friends over a monetary dispute. One youth was seriously injured in the attack. Police have registered a case against the accused and started an investigation.

According to the police, the incident took place between 12:30 AM and 12:45 AM on the night of November 4 near Jama Masjid, Farooqnia in the Chobi Talao area. Rizwan Shahidnoor Sayyed (35), a resident of Samadnagar, has filed a complaint against Aejaz Ali Ashimullah Chowdhury (35), a resident of Ajmernagar.

According to the complaint, when Rizwan asked Aejaz for the borrowed money, a dispute broke out between the two. It is alleged that Aejaz abused and assaulted Rizwan and tried to forcibly take him away in a vehicle. Meanwhile, when Rizwan's friend Shivam intervened, the accused attacked him first with a wooden stick and then with an iron rod kept in the vehicle. Shivam was seriously injured in the attack.

It is alleged that the attacker also threatened to kill both friends. Bhoiwada Police have registered a case under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Currently, the accused has not been arrested. Police Constable Dinesh Thalekar is investigating the case.