LDA seals hotel in Gomti Nagar for operating ‘illegally’ in residential area

The hotel management is accused of setting on fire an Army Major’s car when he objected to blaring music late at night.

LUCKNOW The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has sealed Hotel Milano and Cafe in Gomti Nagar for operating illegally in a residential area. The hotel management is also facing charges of playing loud music beyond the permissible time limit. Besides, the hotel management is accused of setting on fire an Army Major’s car when he objected to blaring music late at night.

According to LDA officials, the hotel was being run illegally for the past several months. (HT Photo)

On Tuesday morning, a team from the development authority reached Vishal Khand-2 area in Gomti Nagar and sealed the hotel. Arun Singh, executive engineer, LDA, said that a notice had earlier been served to the hotel owner for running the establishment on a residential plot in a residential area.

According to LDA officials, the hotel was being run illegally for the past several months in connivance with a few LDA employees. The latest development comes after the hotel management got into a brawl with an Army Major for playing loud music till the wee hours of Monday.

Army Major Abhijeet Singh, who lives near the hotel, had requested the hotel management to turn down the music as his two-year-old son was not well. This led to an altercation between Singh and the hotel management. Around 3 am on Monday, five persons from the hotel came to Singh’s residence and set his car on fire.

In this regard, police have arrested five people -- including Shivam Pratap Singh, 25, Subham Singh, 28, and Rishabh Singh, 20 -- all natives of Pratapgarh. The other two accused are -- Jaunpur-resident Krishna, 29, and Raebareli-resident Saurabh Srivastava, 26. All accused were arrested from a hotel in Hussainganj.