NAGPUR: The Nagpur Crime Branch’s Social Security Branch raided 9 Lounge hookah parlour on Hill Road in Gandhi Nagar on October 13, booking the owner, manager and an employee for allegedly violating regulations governing hookah parlours. Ten customers were found inside the establishment during the raid.
The accused have been identified as Abhishek Shikharchand Jain (41), the owner of the parlour; Nikhil Sanjay Khobragade (37), the manager; and Rupesh Krishnarao Wankhede (30), an employee.
According to police, the raid was conducted between 6:15 pm and 10:30 pm on October 13. The establishment allegedly provided customers with facilities to smoke tobacco-based hookah products, in violation of directives issued by the Nagpur Police Commissioner on October 7.
During the operation, police seized hookah pots, flavours and other related materials collectively valued at ₹15,370.
A case has been registered under Sections 223 and 272 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with relevant provisions of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), police said.
The operation was carried out under the guidance of Police Inspector Darshan Patil. The case has subsequently been handed over to Ambazari Police Station for further investigation and legal action.
