16 held for consuming booze in public in nashik

Nashik: A group of sixteen, including six women, were arrested for allegedly partying and consuming liquor in a public place at Talegaon-Shivar near Igatpuri here, the police said. 

The incident happened on Sunday night in the open area of a local hotel and the police was called in by villagers who protested against loud music and dance at the party, said Igatpuri police officials. An official said that the six women who have been arrested work in dance bars. “The men hail from different localities in Nashik. We have registered cases under sections 294 (obscene acts in public place) and 34 (act done by several people with common intent) and the Bombay Police Act,” assistant police inspector M.Y. Mandave.