The Thane Police in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/people-of-country-have-repeatedly-expressed-no-confidence-in-opposition-maharashtra-cm-shinde-23302905" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a> have registered a case against 34 persons, including 22 women waiters, after conducting a raid at a bar in Bhiwandi tehsil of Thane district, where they found the accused allegedly indulging in obscene acts, an official said on Thursday, according to the PTI.
The operation was conducted in Rahnal village on Wednesday night, an official told the PTI.
"After receiving a complaint against the bar, a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-crime-branch-officials-nab-duo-with-deadly-weapons-unearth-rape-case-23302903" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">police</a> team raided it around 9.45 pm on Wednesday and found the accused indulging in obscene acts," the police official said.
A case was registered against nine customers, 22 women waiters, the owner and two managers of the bar, he said.
They were booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 294 (obscene acts and songs) and 34 (common intention), the official said.
Nobody has been arrested in this connection and a probe is on, the police said.
Meanwhile, earlier, in March, the Police raided an orchestra bar here in Maharashtra and arrested seven people for allegedly flouting rules and indulging in obscene acts, an official said on Wednesday.
Following a complaint and a tip-off, officials of the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar police's anti-human trafficking cell (AHTC) raided the bar located in Kashimira area on the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday, a senior police official had said.
The police found some women indulging in obscene acts in the premises, he said.
Seven people, including the bar contractor, manager and a male singer, were arrested, the official said. Search was on for the bar owner, he said.
A case was registered against the accused under the Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurants and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity of Women (Working Therein) Act, 2016, the police added.
Earlier, on February 11, at least 30 persons were apprehended by police during a raid on a bar at Tardeo in central Mumbai where obscene dances were allegedly being performed, an official said. Police detained 30 persons including the bar's manager, cashier, a barman and 12 waiters besides some customers.
(with PTI inputs)
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The operation was conducted in Rahnal village in Thane district of Maharashtra on Wednesday night, an official said

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