Rangareddy, March 17 -- A total of 39 people have been arrested after a raid an illegal hookah centre operating under the guise of a cafe in Rangareddy's Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Telangana Police said. Four of those arrested allegedly supplied the hookah.

Police also confiscated 36 mobile phones along with several hookah pots in the raid held late on Monday night, officials said.

Police conducted a raid on a hookah centre late Monday night on "The White Cup" cafe which had obtained permission to operate as a cafe, but was allegedly functioning as a hookah lounge.

According to ACP Krishnaiah Goud, the management, jointly run by Mohan and Sagar, was charging customers Rs 800 to Rs 1,200 rupees per person to consume hookah.

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