Cop suspended for joining rave party

The Maharashtra government on Monday suspended Mumbai police’s anti-narcotics cell inspector, Anil Jadhav, who was arrested at a rave party busted by the Raigad police at Hotel Mount View near the Mumbai-Pune highway on Sunday night.

The Maharashtra government on Monday suspended Mumbai police’s anti-narcotics cell inspector, Anil Jadhav, who was arrested at a rave party busted by the Raigad police at Hotel Mount View near the Mumbai-Pune highway on Sunday night.

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“We have suspended Anil Jadhav. If anyone from the police department is involved in any such case, he will not be spared,” said state home minister RR Patil.

Four others — hotel manager Rahul Khanna, Jadhav’s aide Sunil Ghule and party organisers Snehjit Sajalkar and Kishankumar Sujankumar — have also been arrested.

The merrymakers — 300 youngsters, including 59 girls -— were held and released after medical tests. Most of them were students from Mumbai and Pune between the age group of 20-30 years, the police said.

The police also seized nearly 2 kg ganja, 57 gm charas, cocaine and R3,08,000.

This is the second time that an official from the anti-narcotics cell was involved in cases of narcotics. The government has asked the department to furnish details. “Only those cops having a clean track record will stay. We cannot afford to have weak vigilance since drugs can destroy the future of the next generation,” Patil said.

The prime accused is however absconding.