Vasanth Dhoble, head of the social service branch of Mumbai Police, raided a bar in the suburbs of Mumbai on Friday night. Dhoble conducted the raid on Sangam bar,yet again, and rescued 14 girls after arresting 28 customers in the bar and 3 other employees under several sections of the Prevention of the Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA). Police decided to raid the bar twice already in a span of 6 months.

ACP Vasant Dhoble has become notorious and had to face acerbic comments fom the media and the public after his attempts to take stringent measures on the nightclubs in the town. Tehseen Poonawala had filed a petition against him recently not more than a week ago after a few German Girls were wrongly labelled as prostitutes. She referred to the department as the “Khaki Talibanisation of Mumbai”.

Arup Patnaik, Mumbai Police Comissioner however has got the back of Dhoble. He has called Dhoble a man of faultless integrity. Dhoble had raided several establishments over the past few months which angered the public of Mumbai. 1000 people marched protesting against him on Carter Road in Bandra in June.

AW- Anil