Gay Party at Mumbai, Police stopped, guests fined

September 21, 2011 18:35
Gay Party at Mumbai, Police stopped, guests fined

Gay Party at Mumbai Police stopped guests finedMumbai city police stopped a gay party and arrested the organizer Tejas Yogani, who owns Spanish Villa Hotel on SV Road in Jogeshwari (West) where the party was under way. Yogani  was arrested for conducting the party without taking prior police permission.

The party had a list of 130 guests including Bollywood actor Bobby Darling. The DJ’s were also arrested for playing loud music even at around 1 am following complaints. The bungalow is usually rented for film shootings, police said.

D K Rupwate, senior inspector at Oshiwara police station, told PTI, When our teams reached the spot, the guests, who are males, were found behaving indecently, following which, they were brought to the police station and fined Rs 1,200 each under section 110 of the Bombay Police Act.He added that they were later allowed to go.

Bobby Darling said I was invited to the party by one of my gay friends saying it is his birthday party. I went there as a celebrity guest for the party, for which, I charged him. I did not know it was a gay party. Later, I learnt that the permission for the party was not taken. And I did not behave indecently...I went to police station after the request of the cops and signed on the papers when they asked me to do so. I did not pay any fine but the party organisers must have paid the fine on my behalf

According to police sources, the tickets costing Rs 450 each were sold online and text messages were sent for the "gay" party. Police sources said that when the party was stopped, the guests expressed anger saying that the police action came as it was a gay gathering.

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