Stick or treat? That wasn’t a trick question but a genuine query as a hockey stick-wielding cop, Vasant Dhoble turned party pooper by taking the long arm of the law to ridiculous lengths. Archaic laws were enforced in 2012 to send shivers down the spines of the movers and shakers of Maximum City. They were well and truly shaken and stirred by the grim scenario that robbed them of their freedom to party into the night --or at least till the stipulated closure time.

Open sesame: Rekha inaugurates the Mangiamo restaurant