Liquor party at Prahladnagar based bungalow raided; 8 held by Police

Ahmedabad: Anandnagar Police in the city raided a liquor party and arrested 8 accused present there under sections 61(a)(a), 66(1)(b), 86, 116-B of prohibition act. The party was going on to mark the birthday of  Navin Ashok Vaswani at his Rajdeep Villa bungalow in Prahladnagar area.

The accused are identified as Navin Ashok Vasvani (host), Kapil Dilip Vasvani, harijit Shyam Gulbani, Pravin Tarachand Mahetani, Deep Anil Thakkar, Nikhil Ajit Mahetani, Rahul Bhimji Vaghela and Jay Jayantibhai Surti.

According to the police complaint, the police team received message that a liquor party was going on in Rajdeep Villa-I in presence of ten persons. When police team raided the place, the people were found consuming liquor in garden area of the bungalow. Empty tins of beer, foreign liqor bottle and empty glasses were found from the place. When police smelled, the accused Navin Ashok Vasvani who was hosting the party was prima facie found drunk. When asked he replied police team that it was his birthday and so the friends were called for liqour and food. When asked about source of liquor, he said that he had visited Dubai about two months ago from where liquor was purchased.

Police recovered mobile phones and cards of those present there. Those consuming liquor had no permit for the same.