The Juhu police has started issuing summons to 86 detainees of the Oakwood rave party bust who tested positive for consumption of drugs.
They are being called in batches of five to six so that the police can also question them at length regarding the source of the drugs.
According to the Juhu police, the procedure of issuing summons began on Saturday, after it received a court order to the effect. “We have started summoning the detainees in batches of five to six every day. They will be booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and will be released on bail once we have finished recording their statements,” said Pratap Dighavkar, deputy commissioner of police, zone 9.
The detainees are being given a week’s time to present themselves at the police station after receiving the summons.
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Land stir turns violent in Rewari
Rewari (Haryana), July 22: Villagers opposing land acquisition on Sunday clashed with the police, torched several vehicles and blocked Delhi-Jaipur National Highway as cops opened fire to quell the mob in village Asalwas here.
Over 60 people, including 40 police personnel, were injured as protesters, who were opposing acquisition of 3,300 acres of land in 16 villages for setting up of an industrial estate by HSIIDC, turned violent during a mahapanchayat, 90 km from Delhi, the police said.
The police which had been deployed there used tear gas shells and fired in air to disperse the protesters. As a farmer suffered a bullet injury in police action, the protesters went on a rampage, torching three Haryana Roadways buses, one belonging to the Rajasthan Roadways, a fire brigade vehicle and a police motorcycle besides damaging other vehicles and held a few cops hostage briefly, they said. Passengers of the buses, which had been burnt, had alighted and were safe, Rewari deputy commissioner C.G. Rajini-kanthan said. — PTI