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Acting on a tip-off, a team of Excise Department, Pune, raided the pub on the Airport road. (representative image)
The state excise department raided an alleged illegal night party at The Noir pub in Viman Nagar area of Pune city in the early hours of Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Atul Kanade, Superintendent of State Excise Department, Pune, raided the pub on the Airport road, around 5 am.
Kanada said, “A party was going on at the pub illegally. Legal action was taken against 52 persons found at the party. They included 42 men and women, who participated in the party. Offence was lodged against ten managers of the pub. Of them, two managers have been remanded to judicial custody by a court.”
“Search is on for the main accused Amarjeet Singh, the pub owner,” said Kanade.
The state excise department team has seized furniture, sound system, computer, laptop, about 178 foreign liquor bottles and other items, all worth Rs 3.67 lakhs, during the raid at the pub.
In view of several night parties being planned for the New Year’s celebration, the state excise department has formed 21 flying squads for taking action against illegal liquor parties in the city.