Police plan new squad to raid bars

MUMBAI: The Mumbai police plan to divest powers from its social service branch for conducting raids at beer bars and hotels.
The decision was taken by senior IPS officers on Thursday following the arrest of senior inspector Shanker Mahadik and inspector Narendra Singh from the social service branch in a Rs 1.5-lakh bribery case recently.
Sources said that police commissioner R.S.Sharma had plans to form a new squad which would be entrusted with the task of raiding beer bars and hotels indulging in prostitution rackets.