Pachgaon police raided an unauthorised DJ party at Sukasa Farmhouse at Shivni Rithi village in the early hours of Monday for noise pollution and seized equipment worth Rs 16.53 lakh. A case has been registered against three persons in connection with the party. The raid was conducted around 4.30 am on November 9 after police received a tip-off about a party being held with loud DJ music. A police team reached the farmhouse during night patrol and found a DJ setup, a generator and other equipment at the spot.

 

The seized property includes an Ashok Leyland pickup vehicle, large bass speakers, sound boxes, amplifiers, monitors, LED lights, a mixer, console, smoke machine, laptop and other electronic equipment. Empty and partially filled bottles of foreign liquor were also found at the venue. Police have booked the farmhouse owner Nitesh Vilas Shembekar, a resident of Hudkeshwar in Nagpur; party organiser Firoz Jamil Shaikh (30), a resident of Hanuman Ward, Bhandara; and DJ equipment owner Vinay Pruthviraj Hirekhan (32), a resident of Indora Chowk, Nagpur. A case has been registered against them at Pachgaon Police Station under Sections 223 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Section 68 of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act and Section 135 of the Maharashtra Police Act. The action was taken under the guidance of Nagpur Rural Superintendent of Police Dr Harssh A Poddar, Additional SP Anil Mhaske and SDPO Mayank Madhav. Police Inspector Ravindra Mankar led the operation. Further investigation is underway. Nagpur Rural Police have warned organisers against holding parties without permission and violating noise pollution rules.