Chennai: Greater Chennai police raided 13 hookah bars based on complaints that they are using banned substances to be used by the youth who visit them.
According to police, the raids were carried out in the bars in Teynampet, Vepery, Nungambakkam, Egmore, Anna Road, Mylapore and Royapettah. The police action was taken jointly with the health department officials. The police checked whether the bars are functioning with proper licence and whether they are using banned products for smoking the hookah. The police booked cases on 13 hookah bars and the products used for smoking were seized and sent to the laboratory for analysis.
91 Kg gutkha products seized at Mylapore
Chennai: The Mylapore police have seized 91 kilograms of gutkha products being smuggled in a cargo vehicle and arrested one person.
A police team headed by Mylapore inspector monitored the Kutchery road in Mylapore following information of gutkha smuggling. They stopped a Tata Ace cargo vehicle based on suspicion and searched it. The police found 91 kilograms of banned gutkha products in the vehicle and arrested the driver Siva (32) belonging to Tiruttani. The gutkha products and the vehicle were seized. Inquiries revealed that the accused had brought the banned products from Bengaluru and was selling them in Chennai.
Two youth killed in bike crash near Sunguvarchatram
Chennai: Two 24-year-old youth from Katpadi in Vellore district were killed when their motorcycle lost control and crashed into the parapet wall of a flyover on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway near Sunguvarchatram in Kancheepuram district.
The victims, employed in a private company in Chennai, were heading to their hometown to celebrate Deepavali with their families. The bike allegedly skidded in the heavy rain and went out of control before hitting the side wall of the flyover and overturning. They were not wearing helmets, police said. Both sustained severe head injuries and were found critically injured by motorists who alerted the 108 ambulance service. They were taken to the emergency care centre at Sandavellur, where doctors declared them dead on arrival.
Sunguvarchatram police began an investigation. One of the deceased was identified as Prathap, 24, while the identity of the other victim was being ascertained.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that both youths were natives of Katpadi and had been staying in Chennai for work.
Police sent the bodies to the Kancheepuram government hospital for postmortem and are investigating the circumstances that led to the accident.
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