Mumbai: Police Station Police and Senior Inspector Vijay Belge was suspended by the police department on Thursday.
The source said the attack on the orchestra bar in his jurisdiction by another police station spurred the move.
Raid it on August 23 and the probe followed.
Superior Belge recommends transfers in their reports, but the top brass is reported to have decided to suspend it.
“The department takes violations of the bar seriously.
The suspension is a warning for other police stations on charges to keep the check on bar in their jurisdiction.
If a bar is found to operate, it gives a bad name department,” said a senior official.
In July, two senior inspectors were suspended and two assistant commissioners were discussed after the TV news channel broadcast a sting operation that showed the operational bar during Covid in Naupada and Vartak Nagar.
“If the dance bar is found operational, officers will be punished,” said Interior Minister Dilip Walse Patil.
A criminal violation is registered at the bar and license canceled.
The Andheri Police Station SR PI was suspended
