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Gujarat constabulary connected Thursday (February 5, 2026) arrested 43 men and detained 38 women for allegedly consuming liquor astatine a backstage enactment held astatine a villa connected the outskirts of Ahmedabad, successful usurpation of the State’s prohibition laws.
The enactment followed a raid conducted soon aft midnight astatine Safal Nirvana Greens adjacent Sanand, wherever a Mumbai-based antheral had organised a enactment to people his brother-in-law’s 25th wedding anniversary, officials said. The gathering was held astatine a villa owned by 1 of the organiser’s friends and was attended by adjacent associates, including men and women.
Gujarat enforces a implicit prohibition connected the manufacture, sale, and depletion of alcohol.
Ahmedabad Rural Superintendent of Police Om Prakash Jat told The Hindu that 81 persons were recovered astatine the venue. “While 43 antheral attendees were arrested, 38 women were detained and aboriginal released aft being served notices,” helium said.
During the raid, constabulary seized liquor bottles, hookahs, cars, and mobile phones collectively valued astatine ₹2.3 crore. The seized items included 15 bottles of liquor, 10 hookahs, 22 cars, and 74 mobile phones.
Blood samples of each attendees person been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory to trial for intoxicant and cause consumption. If the beingness of narcotic substances is detected, further charges volition beryllium invoked nether the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, the constabulary said.
A lawsuit has been registered nether applicable provisions of the Gujarat Prohibition Act, and further probe is underway.
