BENGALURU: As many as 20 Africans, including two women, who had organised a rave party at E Zone Club on K.R. Puram Ring Road in Maratthalli, were arrested by the CCB police early on Sunday morning.
The accused included 11 from Cameroon, three Nigerians, two Congo nationals, one each from Ivory Coast and Gabon and two women from Uganda and Rwanda. The other 17 accused are local residents.
The police said that the accused had organised the party and named the events Friday Night Cranks and Give Me Da Break. The accused had publicised the events on several social networking sites. Friday Night Cranks was held from 12.30 am till 5.30 am on Saturday, while Give Me Da Break was organised from 11 pm on Saturday till 5.30 am on Sunday. The police, who got the information about the parties, raided the club late on Saturday night.
“During the raid, it was revealed that the accused had organised the party in connivance with the club staff. They had collected high entry prices and were making a fast buck. They had also flouted the excise norms by serving alcohol till 5.30 am and the price of liquor too was almost double. All the organisers were held for flouting several rules and organising the rave party,” the police said.
“When the foreigners were asked to produce their passports and visas, none of them had valid documents. They were given ample time to produce the documents, but still they failed. Meanwhile, woman police constable Pramila was manhandled by Sheena, a Congo national, who was in inebriated, when the policewoman tried to take her into custody. As they do not have any valid documents, we are planning to deport them. We are also investigating as to when they came to the country and what were they doing here,” the police said.
Cases under the Karnataka Excise Act, Passport Act and Foreigners Act have been booked against the accused at the HAL police station. The police also seized liquor bottles, DJ equipment, mobile phones and cash, total worth around Rs 11.5 lakh.
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