City police on Saturday night raided three hookah parlours in Ambazari and Sitabuldi police station areas. Police raided the Cuba Hookah Parlor in the Gotmare Complex of Dharampeth. Its owners Prafull Kishore Choudhary (38), a resident of Hanuman Mandir, Ram Nagar and Pranay Chandrashekhar Mahajan (24), a resident of Friends Colony, were serving banned hookah to customers.
The second raid was conducted at Nimbus Lounge, located in Laxmi Krupa Apartment, Gokulpeth. Its operator, Sameer Shaikh Vakil Shaikh (30) was found serving hookah to the customers.
The third raid was conducted at Sosa Cafe and Restaurant in Gokulpeth.