Senior officials from 16 police stations between Goregoan and Dahisar have been carrying out surprise checks to ensure all orchestra bars are shut by 1.30 am. The move comes after back-to-back raids on bars by the Juvenile Aid Protection Unit (JAPU) unit of Social Service Branch (SSB) of Mumbai crime branch.

Last month, a raid conducted by the JAPU team, led by assistant commissioner of police, Ramchandra Mane, at Missile Bar & Restaurant in Bangur Nagar, Goregaon, led to the rescue of 21 girls, including three minor girls. Twenty-one people including the cashier, bartender, stewards/waiters and customers were arrested.