Police nab 4 for running Hookah Bar in a restaurant in Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar: The police have nabbed four people for running a Hookah Bar in a restaurant located here in Sargasan. As per the prevalent laws in Gujarat, operating a hookah bar is an illegal activity.

A complaint was filed at the police control room about the Hookah Bar in Hype Café and Restaurant, located near Kameshwar school in Sargasan. Infocity police then raided the spot and found the Hookah Bar operating there. Besides the hookah, the poilce team found various flavors of tobacco.

The police detained four people who were working there: Amit Pravin Chauhan (who lives in Sarvottam nagar, Sabarmati), Hirbahadur Pratap Thapa (originally from Nepal), Jayesh Babu Mina (originally from Rajasthan), and Prakash Bhim Bahadur Nepali (originally from Nepal).

The inquiry revealed that Amit Chauhan worked as the manager, and Hirbahadur would prepare the hookah for the customers, while Prakash and Jayesh filled the chilam in the hookah. The three accused lived in the restaurant. However, the main manager of the Hookah Bar, Yuvrajsinh Zala, was not found on the spot. The police filed a case against all four and the absconding main manager.

The police seized items worth Rs. 13,000, including 15 hookahs and chilams. They found tobacco of various flavors made in the UAE and the US. The tobacco was in thick and sticky form. DeshGujarat