A Delhi police team raid in two illegal hookah bars in South Delhi last week and reportedly arrested two dozen people. The government has advised citizens to ensure social distancing and avoid crowding to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The deputy commissioner of police RP Meena said, “that on June 12, a police team raided a building (acting on a tip) and found about 10 men inside an illegal hookah bar. Police arrested them and cracked down on similar illegal hookah bars operating in the area. Two owners, Monu and Aditya, identified only by their first names in police records, were arrested. She also added DCP Meena said that two days later, police raided another building in the Kalkaji market and found several persons smoking hookahs. Police said that while dine-in services are allowed at 50% seating capacity, running hookah bars in Delhi is illegal and the people caught had flouted social distancing norms. DCP Meena continued, “Twenty customers and two cafe owners were arrested and three hookahs were seized from the spot. The owners of the cafe were identified as Karan Nayyar and Aditya Dixit,”
The police report state that, the four owners do not have a record. The four told police they opened the hookah bars to make money.
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