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A day later, cops revoke licence of Hyderabad pub where drugs were found
The police produced two of the accused -- pub manager Mahadaram Anil Kumar and his partner Abhishek Vuppala –before the Nampally criminal courts on Monday morning. The accused were remanded to 14-days judicial custody and shifted to Chanchalguda jail.
The Telangana government on Monday cancelled the licence of the pub Pudding & Mink located in five-star hotel Raddison Blu in Hyderabad where the police task force busted a party involving consumption of narcotics in the early hours of Sunday.
Hyderabad excise superintendent Srinivasa Rao said the licence of the pub was cancelled for violating the bar and restaurant guidelines. The decision was taken following a high-level meeting with the police authorities who had confirmed the seizure of cocaine from the pub during the raid.
After the meeting, Enforcement Director Sarfaraz Ahmed directed the excise department authorities to cancel the licence of the Pudding & Mink pub. Though the hotel has the permit to supply liquor for 24 hours, the pub was not given permission to run beyond 11 pm, an official said.
The police produced two of the accused -- pub manager Mahadaram Anil Kumar and his partner Abhishek Vuppala –before the Nampally criminal courts on Monday morning. The accused were remanded to 14-days judicial custody and shifted to Chanchalguda jail.
The police also included another person – Kiran Raj as Accused No. 4 in the case. Raj and another partner Arjun Veeramachineni are absconding, the police said, adding that two teams have been constituted to launch a manhunt for them.
The Banjara Hills police booked a case under sections 8(c) 22(b) 29(1) of the NDPS Act at Banjara Hills police station. “We are investigating the source of supply of narcotics to the customers in the pub,” the police said.
The police team, who had seized 4.64 grams of cocaine, apart from 216 cigarette butts having traces of cocaine and also tissue papers used for the same, believe that those who attended the party might have consumed at least 12 grams of drugs.
The police filed a petition in the Nampally courts seeking custody of those arrested, for questioning, to get further information about supply and consumption of narcotics. The petition is expected to come up for hearing on Tuesday.
