There was double tragedy for the family of the hawker who had died during an anti-encroachment drive lead by controversial Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble, as the hawker's daughter, Radha Jaiswal, died of a heart attack on Sunday. ...
07:16 PM, Jan 21, 2013
The daughter of the hawker who died during an anti-encroachment drive led by Mumbai ACP Vasant Dhoble too died on Sunday of a heart attack. Radha Jaiswal had been admitted to the KEM hospital after the death of her father. ...
07:28 AM, Jan 21, 2013
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) hit out at Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today, accusing him of trying to reap political gains from ACP Vasant Dhoble's transfer, triggered by the death of a hawker during an eviction drive last week. ...
07:32 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Backing Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble, who was shunted out from his Vakola posting amid protests over the death of a hawker during eviction drive, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Tuesday warned hawkers against holding a rally at Azad Maidan on January 24. ...
07:36 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Shiv Sena on Sunday questioned the haste with which the controversial Assistant Commissioner of Police, Vasant Dhoble, was transferred after a hawker died during eviction drive in suburban Santacruz two days ago. Sena leader Diwakar Raote said today that Dhoble's style of functioning could be questionable, but his actions for implementing the rule of law should be supported. ...
01:58 AM, Jan 14, 2013
Vasant Dhoble, one of Mumbai's most controversial policemen, is back in the headlines after a fruit-hawker died during a raid led by him in Santacruz. ...
10:24 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Condemning ACP Vasant Dhoble's raid which led to the death of a hawker in Mumbai's Santacruz area, Congress MP Priya Dutt said strict inquiry will be conducted by the state Crime Investigation Department. "What happened today is very sad. One officer is not abiding by the law, but is making his own law. I respect Mumbai police. But sometimes few people come who disgrace the whole police community," she said. ...
02:43 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble, who hit the headlines for his late night crackdown on pubs and restaurants in Mumbai, is back in the news again after a 50-year-old fruit hawker died of a heart attack on Friday evening during a raid conducted by Dhoble. A state Crime Investigation Department (CID) inquiry has been ordered and Dhoble has been transferred out of the area pending an inquiry. ...
11:40 AM, Jan 12, 2013
Mumbai: Controversial Mumbai cop Vasant Dhoble, who hit the headlines for his late night crackdown on pubs and restaurants, has been shunted out of the social service branch and moved to the city's western suburbs. Dhoble will now be ACP at Vakola division. An order to this effect was issued last night by the Maharashtra government's Home department. Armed with a hockey stick and camera, Dhoble, known as the 'night...
07:40 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Mumbai: Almost everyone in the after-dark party circuit is familiar with Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhobles reputation and rigidness, but another name has been long ignored, though the individuals track record deserves accolades. Dhobles colleague, Feroz Patel, has been raiding brothels, rescuing children forced into work and reuniting street kids with their families, but has chosen to stay out of the limelight and not gloat about his achievements. Patel,...
05:00 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Mumbai: Establishments serving liquor and entertainment in the form of live orchestras, bar dancers and other such activities have much more to worry about, after the commissioner of police issued a new set of stringent orders to his subordinates last week. If the fear of meeting ACP Vasant Dhoble was a strong deterrent for party animals from venturing out into the night for a tippler, then be prepared for another...
02:44 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Pooja Bhatt's upcoming erotica film seems to be consistently in the news, thanks to the adult content star Sunny Leone being part of the project. However, something else about the films star cast made us sit up and take notice. Apparently, the role of a brooding tough cop played by Randeep Hooda bears an uncanny resemblance to real-life cop Vasant Dhoble. Our source tells us that in the film, the...
05:21 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Mumbai: Assistant Commissioner of Police (Social Service Branch) Vasant Dhoble, the policeman whose job is secure largely due to the unwavering trust the police commissioner has in his policing style, has been told to cool it for a few days. Till Tuesday to be precise, as Arup Patnaik, commissioner of Mumbai police, is in the United States of America on official work, and is expected to be back on Tuesday....
06:07 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Mumbai remains split wide open after a video of Vasant Dhoble shows him trying to detain four German tourists at a pub. ...
10:45 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Mumbai: It is the stuff of films, an angry cop, ever controversial, hated and loved in equal measure. ACP Vasant Dhoble is back in the headlines with a controversial crackdown on a Mumbai pub, trying to detain German girls without allegedly giving them an explanation. Is this policing or harassment? A video from March 2012 shows Dhoble and his men raiding the Voodoo Pub in Colaba, and herding girls into...
09:40 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Mumbai: A new video of Mumbai's moral policeman ACP Vasant Dhoble's crackdown has surfaced. CNN-IBN has accessed a video of Vasant Dhoble and his Social Services Branch team of constables detaining eight women outside the Voodoo Pub in Colaba. The video shows the constables including Dhoble attempting to herd four German girls into a police van. The girls refused to get in, demanding an explanation as to why they were...
04:14 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai's controversial top policeman ACP Vasant Dhoble raided a massage parlour in the eastern suburb of Powai. Seven girls were rescued and sent for medical examinations. The parlour owner was arrested for allegedly running a prostitution racket. For months, Dhoble has been on the warpath, making headlines for raiding and assaulting restaurant staff across the city, be it at hip restaurants, small eateries, private parties, or dance bars. At...
08:53 AM, Jun 26, 2012
Mumbai: In spite of the Mumbai police's persistent efforts to nip their protest movement in the bud, demonstrators persevered and pulled off a peaceful protest march on Sunday at Carter Road against ACP Vasant Dhoble. 1,000 protesters flocked to Carter Road and staged a protest for two hours. In addition to the usual sloganeering and placards that decried the archaic laws and their arbitrary implementation (Dhoble go back!), the young...
01:45 PM, Jun 25, 2012
On this episode, Cyrus Broacha talks about ACP Vasant Dhoble, Presidential elections and much more. ...
07:20 PM, Jun 24, 2012
ACP Vasant Dhoble is infamous for targeting restaurants and attacking their owners and waiters in the name of moral policing. ...
11:58 PM, Jun 21, 2012
