Pune police seized medication, hookah set ups and liquor after conducting a raid at a celebration in an house right here within the early hours of Sunday and detained seven individuals, officers stated.
Pranjal Khewalkar, the husband of former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse’s daughter Rohini Khadse, was amongst these detained, a senior police official stated.
NCP (SP) chief Eknath Khadse stated a probe must be carried out to seek out out if there was a political motive behind the police motion.
Rohini Khadse is state president of the ladies’s wing of the opposition NCP (SP).
The police’s Crime Department carried out the raid on the studio house positioned within the upscale Kharadi space of Maharashtra’s Pune metropolis based mostly on a tip-off a couple of rave social gathering, an official stated. Throughout the operation, narcotic substances corresponding to ganja, liquor and hookah had been seized, he stated. “We had acquired details about a rave social gathering being held at an house within the Kharadi space. Accordingly, the raid was carried out by our Crime Department group,” the senior police official stated. “Throughout the raid, narcotic substances like ganja, liquor, and hookah had been discovered. We have now detained seven individuals — 5 males and two girls,” he stated. “All of the people have been taken into custody, and a case has been registered,” the official added.
Reacting to the raid, Eknath Khadse stated it must be probed if there was a political motive behind the police motion.
Shiv Sena (UBT) deputy chief Sushma Andhare stated the raid is a message for these talking towards the federal government.
