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The officer said the police team then asked the bar owner to provide CCTV footage of the premises for the period between 9pm on Oct 22 and 12.30am on Oct 23.
“Inspector Patil sent a team to the bar, but they did not find any women there, and the customers had started leaving the premises,” an officer from the Pune Rural police said. Pune: Four people were booked by Pune Rural police for allegedly operating an illegal dance bar under the guise of a live orchestra in Sate village of Maval taluka. The case has been registered against the bar owner, an orchestra manager and two waiters under relevant sections of the Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurants and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity of Women (Working Therein) Act at Wadgaon Maval police station. “The footage allegedly showed three women dancing in an obscene manner on a platform while customers watched them. It also showed a customer handing money to a waiter, who then showered it on the women.”
Inspector Shankar Patil of Wadgaon Maval police received a tip-off on Friday night that around eight women were performing obscene dances on the stage of a live orchestra bar in Maval while patrons showered money on them.