Ghaziabad Police have arrested 19 people during a raid at an illegally run hookah bar in this Uttar Pradesh district, an official said on Saturday.
The authority claims that the aforementioned hookah bar was discovered operating at the Indirapuram restaurant Urban Terrace. He stated that numerous hookahs and other items were also seized.
The official said, “Around seven hookahs, one package of coal, seven chilams, and other packets of various hookah flavours were seized.
In response, the police filed a complaint under sections 188 (Disobedience to order properly promulgated by public servant) and 269 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of illness hazardous to life) of the Indian Penal Code, and all of the accused were taken into custody.
The accused were identified as Vikas, Sandeep Singh, Alok, Aman, Aasif, Sumit, Sonu, aakib, shivam, Aman, Jatin, hussain, Sohail, Ankur meena, Dinesh Kumar, Zubair, Aaiq, Suhail and Shivam.
(with inputs from IANS)