Home Minister RR Patil on Saturday promised stringent action against Navi Mumbai police officials who did not take action against a dance bar in Panvel, forcing state DGP Sanjeev Dayal to ask the Thane police to step in.

The Thane police had on Thursday night raided the Kapal bar on the old Mumbai-Goa highway and rescued 89 women including 32 minor girls from the bar and an adjoining hotel. R 1.15 crore in cash and R 45 lakh worth of gold ornaments were also seized in the raid.