MAPUSA
Anjuna Police have registered yet another case against a bar and restaurant owner for playing loud music beyond the permissible limits along the Anjuna coast.
A first information report (FIR) has been lodged against Deepansh Bajaj, resident of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Suresh Ramola native of Uttarakhand co-owners of XOXO bar and restaurant in Anjuna.
“The alleged accused were found playing loud music in a party without permission from authorities and beyond permissible limits on the intervening night of January 12 and 13. The accused contravened the provisions of The Noise Pollution (Regulations and control) Rules 2000 and 15 of The Environment (Protection) Act 1986,” Mapusa SDPO Jivba Dalvi said.
Based on a complaint, police conducted a raid and booked the owners. The sound system has also been seized under the panchanama.
Dalvi informed that a case under section 15 of The Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and contravention of The Noise Pollution (Regulations and control) Rules 2000 has been registered against the duo.
Anjuna PI Prashal Dessai is investigating further.
On Tuesday, the owner of Café La Musica was booked by Anjuna Police for violating noise pollution norms. In that case, an FIR was registered based on a complaint by talathi of Anjuna panchayat alleging that at around 10.30 pm loud music was being played on January 4 in the café located in Vagator.
