Mangalore: Raid on Parlour 'Fixed' by Police for Hafta, Claims Owner
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Feb 25: A little over 10 days after the police raid on 'Moon Shine' a beauty parlour-cum-spa in the city for alleged illegal activities, the owner of the parlour has now made a startling claim that the police raid was 'fixed' and that the parlour was targetted for not paying 'hafta' to the Kadri police.
In a statement to the media, 'Moon Shine' owner Sathish Rai claimed that about three months ago, a police constable by name Shekhar had come to the parlour and charged that the parlour was running illegally. His allegations were rubbished and the management defended saying that nothing illegal was going on and that the parlour was functioning as per law.
The constable then took the parlour's number and started calling repeatedly, it is said. About a month back, he is said to have called once more and demanded Rs 50,000 as hafta. He also allegedly threatened to raid the parlour if the amount was not paid. Again, the management is reported to have blatantly refused to pay and told him that he could raid if he wanted to, as nothing illegal was going on and they had nothing to hide.
Sathish Rai alleged that following this threat, on Monday February 13, police inspector Kiran Kumar came to the parlour and secretly planted condoms in a drawer at the parlour. A few more constables followed him inside and, in the guise of a raid, 'found' the condoms in the drawer and falsely charged the parlour with running illegal activities, Rai alleged.
Interestingly, Rai said that the policemen at first asked those at the parlour if the CCTVs were on, to which the employees replied in the negative. Confident that nobody would suspect, they conducted the 'raid', Rai said.
However, the CCTV cameras were actually switched on at the time, and the images of the 'raid' were captured. Sathish Rai later released the photographs to the media to prove his claim.