Palghar, Aug 6 (PTI) A total of 31 people, including bar dancers and staff, were arrested after a resort was raided in Virar area of Palghar district, police said on Friday.

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Senior Inspector Suresh Mane of Virar police station said the resort, situated on Virar-Vrajeshwari Road, was raided in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday after a tip off was received that it was being run as a dance bar.

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"It did not have several required documents. We have arrested 31 people, including 16 bar dancers who had been brought from Andheri in Mumbai. We also seized Rs 2.30 lakh cash. A case under IPC, Prohibition Act provisions as well as COVID-19 norms has been registered," he said.

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