Sule asks ajit pawar to shut liquor store in breach candy
Mumbai, Aug. 26 -- NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule wrote to her cousin and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Monday about the alleged nuisance caused by a liquor store in Breach Candy. Sule demanded the closure of the store, Living Liquidz, since it was located near a hospital and a school, and a local residents' forum had expressed their concerns about it.
Writing to Pawar, who is also the state excise minister, Sule alleged that the public was inconvenienced by people illegally consuming alcohol outside the shop, drunk people that roamed the area, and the taxis and cars that crowded around it.
Questioning the safety of women, Sule added that the police was often called to the area to quell quarrels. She also mentioned that over 200 people had signed a document confirming that the liquor store was a public nuisance, but despite that no action had been taken.
A senior police officer said, "We have already deployed a police constable and a Maharashtra Security Force constable from 5pm to 12am outside the wine shop." He added that the police had often taken action against drunk people in the area.
The owner of Living Liquidz, Manish Pardasani, said that Living Liquidz was a law abiding store and the issue had arisen only after a change in the nearby society's committee. Pardasani said, "The housing society where we are located had given us an NOC (No Objection Certificate), but the committee in the society has changed. The new committee is undoing whatever the previous committee had done and they are making us a scapegoat."...
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