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Manipal police book cafe manager and eight men over hookah smoking
Manipal police have registered a case against a cafe manager and eight men for allegedly smoking hookah at an establishment in Iris Plaza on DC Office Road, Vidyaratna Nagar. Police said they…
The Story in Brief
Manipal police have registered a case against a cafe manager and eight men for allegedly smoking hookah at an establishment in Iris Plaza on DC Office Road, Vidyaratna Nagar. Police said they raided the cafe after receiving information and found the group seated with a hookah on the table.
The manager-cum-cashier, Mohammed Shafaan, 22, was questioned and detained for allegedly providing hookah at the cafe. The eight men were identified as residents of Kundapura, Byndoor, Gangolli, Udupi and Kaup. Police registered the case under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act after preparing a spot mahazar and submitting a report.
The Indian Opinion
The easy story is that this was either harmless leisure or proof of a wider youth crisis. Neither claim follows from one police raid. The immediate issue is whether the cafe supplied a product covered by the law and whether the evidence supports the case against each person. The useful test is the charge sheet and the court’s finding, not the number of people named in the first report.
Source: deccanherald.com
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