Case against over 26 people over alleged obscene dance at Green Farm near Nagpur

Pachgaon police in Nagpur Rural have registered a case against more than 26 people over an alleged obscene dance at an event held at Green Farm in Champa Shibir, within the police station's jurisdiction. The incident has caused a stir in the area. The accused include the farm's owner, manager and caretaker. Police have seized goods worth Rs 64,100. Four of the accused are reported to be women.

According to police, the event was held at Green Farm on October 8 and 9. Police had received confidential information that women and men were dancing to music with obscene gestures. They began an inquiry, inspected the spot and examined CCTV footage from both days of the event. The footage showed some women and men dancing and allegedly making obscene gestures. Legal action was then taken against those concerned.

The accused named in the case include the farm's owner, Ramlu Kondya Sultan (70, resident of Green Lawn, near Tighori toll tax, Nagpur), manager Arif Anwar Khan (40, resident of Ashirwad Nagar, Nagpur) and caretaker Arif Suleman Shaikh (42, resident of Gosebudruk, Pauni tehsil, Bhandara district). Police said the case was registered after the facts about the organisation of the event and what took place there were verified.

The names of people from various places, including Gadchiroli, Balaghat, Akola, Bhadravati, Wardha, Nagpur, Kamptee, Gondia and Chandrapur, have also emerged in the case. The role of each accused and their actual responsibility for the event will become clear only after the investigation.

Police have registered the case under the Maharashtra law that prohibits obscene dance in hotels, restaurants and bar rooms and protects the dignity of women working there. The law aims to curb obscene dance in such establishments and protect the dignity of women.

Full details of the goods worth Rs 64,100 that were seized are not available at present. Police said that was the amount seized; their information mentions no larger sum.

The action was taken on the orders of Nagpur Rural Superintendent of Police Harsh Poddar, it was stated. Pachgaon police made inquiries after receiving the tip-off and registered the case on the basis of the CCTV footage. No detailed statement from a senior officer is available on the matter.

Pachgaon police are investigating the case. They will examine the conditions on which permission for the event was granted, the nature of its organisation and the role of the people concerned. The final decision on the allegations will come only after court proceedings, and all the accused are presumed innocent until proven guilty.