India, Sept. 9 -- Pimpri Chinchwad police have booked 40 Ganesh mandals for using banned laser beam lights and causing noise pollution during the recently concluded Ganesh festival.

The cases were registered under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) after inspections revealed violations across multiple police station areas, Wakad (17 cases), Pimpri (8), Nigdi (5), Sangvi (5), Dapodi (3), and Talegaon Dabhade (2).

"Use of laser beam lights was banned during the procession. During our inspection, it was found that some mandals continued using them, hence we booked them under the relevant sections," said Shivaji Pawar, Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Separately, police have registered five cases of noise pollution, three at Bh...