The Indian Police yesterday created records of sorts in busting one of the largest rave parties being held under the guise of a Holi party being held at a farm house in the outskirts of Pune city.
"An international drug racket was exposed during an all-night raid on a rave party near Pune where as many as 280 youths, including an international disc jockey, his Chennai-based counterpart, air-hostesses, IT professionals, call centre employees and students from Mumbai, Pune, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana were nabbed on Sunday." (Pune rave bust: BPO execs among 280 held - Times of India)
News Camera Crews competed with each other to give exclusive footage of hundreds of youths being hauled off into the police station on the several dozen Indian news channels. This was definitely an eye opener and confirmation to the changing trends and a glimpse into party scenes among middle class youths, which earlier was associated with "rich spoiled brats." The newly moneyed youths, an outcome of the call center phenomena is rearing its ugly head in a situation where there is too much money and no idea what to do with it.
However, on the more positive note, kudos to the young men and women police officers who were able to mingle in plain clothes with the crowd and surround the whole venue before beginning the bust.
"The police seized seven bottles of phenyl fine hydrochloride, which they suspect the youths were consuming. The samples from the bottles have been sent to a forensic laboratory for further tests. Apart from these bottles, police recovered two and half kg of marijuana (ganja), 100 gram of hashish (charas), beer cans, cigarettes, music systems, a car and mobile phones, totally worth Rs 5 lakh." (Pune rave bust: BPO execs among 280 held - Times of India)
It is said that sms and the networking site 'Orkut' were the tools of the organizers in gathering a crowd from several cities. "The students arrested will undergo tests to confirm whether they consumed drugs or not. If the tests are positive, they will get a minimum sentence of two-three years."(zeenews.com)
At night however, Times of India reported "All the 271 youths who were arrested for attending a Pune rave party, and some of them for possessing illegal drugs, were granted bail by a session court on Monday. The youths have to pay Rs 30, 000 each for securing bail. The organisers of the party were denied bail and have been sent to police custody."
"An international drug racket was exposed during an all-night raid on a rave party near Pune where as many as 280 youths, including an international disc jockey, his Chennai-based counterpart, air-hostesses, IT professionals, call centre employees and students from Mumbai, Pune, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana were nabbed on Sunday." (Pune rave bust: BPO execs among 280 held - Times of India)
News Camera Crews competed with each other to give exclusive footage of hundreds of youths being hauled off into the police station on the several dozen Indian news channels. This was definitely an eye opener and confirmation to the changing trends and a glimpse into party scenes among middle class youths, which earlier was associated with "rich spoiled brats." The newly moneyed youths, an outcome of the call center phenomena is rearing its ugly head in a situation where there is too much money and no idea what to do with it.
However, on the more positive note, kudos to the young men and women police officers who were able to mingle in plain clothes with the crowd and surround the whole venue before beginning the bust.
"The police seized seven bottles of phenyl fine hydrochloride, which they suspect the youths were consuming. The samples from the bottles have been sent to a forensic laboratory for further tests. Apart from these bottles, police recovered two and half kg of marijuana (ganja), 100 gram of hashish (charas), beer cans, cigarettes, music systems, a car and mobile phones, totally worth Rs 5 lakh." (Pune rave bust: BPO execs among 280 held - Times of India)
It is said that sms and the networking site 'Orkut' were the tools of the organizers in gathering a crowd from several cities. "The students arrested will undergo tests to confirm whether they consumed drugs or not. If the tests are positive, they will get a minimum sentence of two-three years."(zeenews.com)
At night however, Times of India reported "All the 271 youths who were arrested for attending a Pune rave party, and some of them for possessing illegal drugs, were granted bail by a session court on Monday. The youths have to pay Rs 30, 000 each for securing bail. The organisers of the party were denied bail and have been sent to police custody."
“Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error of judgement.”
~ Philip K. Dick (American Writer)
~ Philip K. Dick (American Writer)
4 comments:
saw da coverage in da news today...damn its sucha shame...servers dese ppl like an eyes-opener...hmm..wht a bust..!!!
since I have some knowledge about Pune, I can tell you that the people of Pune have always complained that the police go easy on college students who dabble with drugs...they are let off with easy punishments because of the concern that their futures will be ruined. Well, what kind of future would those students have if their drug addiction is not corrected? This raid is definetly a first and hopefully a delayed but much-needed action against the drug scene in Pune...
Mr.Free Minder
With hypocrites like you around ,who needs cops...
its complete ignorance about D's which drives people to past comments like the first two
Dear Anonymous,
I am not "reconsidering" any title of the post. I would also ask you not to waste your precious time reading blogs and leaving nameless comments. Continue to be in your "own "D" induced world" and try searching for some other D related sites.
And talking about ignorance about D's. I am sure you are one of those college kids from D.P. Road, who had fagged one D and thinks he knows it all. Piss Off!
If you are that serious into writing - then write a letter to the Pune Times Editor and ask him for a front page article where maybe you could give your name and extol the virtues of using Drugs.
Good Luck!
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