Raid in Madh Hotel | Couples charged with 'public indecency

• published: 11 Aug 2015
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Police commissioner Rakesh Maria on Monday pulled up zonal DCP Vikram Deshmane and senior inspector Milind Khetle of Malvani police station for last Thursday's Madh Island hotel raids. Maria has asked additional commissioner of police Fateh Singh Patil to conduct an inquiry. Subscribe to Times Of India's Youtube channel here: http://goo.gl/WgIatu Also Subscribe to Bombay Times Youtube Channel here: http://goo.gl/AdXcgU Social Media Links: Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TimesofIndia Twitter : https://twitter.com/timesofindia Google + : https://plus.google.com/u/0/+timesindia/posts 'Download TOI app on Android & iPhone and WIN free recharge coupon worth Rs. 50/- from Paytm - http://goo.gl/AvRYmM Times Of India's Official YouTube channel is managed by Culture Machine Media Pvt Ltd. Police commissioner Rakesh Maria on Monday pulled up zonal DCP Vikram Deshmane and senior inspector Milind Khetle of Malvani police station for last Thursday's Madh Island hotel raids. Maria has asked additional commissioner of police Fateh Singh Patil to conduct an inquiry. Sources said Khetle and Deshmane are likely to face departmental action. Patil will look into whether the raiding team had followed procedure, if there were enough complaints or grounds for the raids and why the police team entered hotel rooms. The raids have raised questions on what prompted the police action despite the raided hotels and lodges following norms by maintaining records and identity proofs of customers, as directed by the police. On Monday, representatives of the Indian Hotel and Restaurant Association (Ahar), along with the owner of Mantra Residency, which was raided, met the commissioner. Mantra's owner has submitted CCTV footage that sources said shows the police humiliating customers. The police also raided the hotel JB Cottage and an ashram, harassing couples after entering their rooms. The raided hotels, some of them charging by the hour, fear loss of business as many of their regular clients faced humiliation at home. "A teenage girl said she has gone into depression as her parents were called to the police station. The girl's parents have stopped talking to her. In another incident, a make-up artist who had checked into Mantra after receiving an assignment from a bride was slapped by a woman cop at the police station where she, along with couples, was taken. While the make-up artist spent five hours in detention at the police station, her client (the bride) was running around looking for her," said an AHAR representative. Cops who were part of the raiding team said they had received complaints from the public and also MLA Aslam Shaikh. "We did not call the parents of the girls. They called their parents as they did not have the money to pay fine," said an officer.