ಹುಕ್ಕಾ ಬಾರ್ ದಾಳಿಡ್ ಹಾಸ್ಯ ಕಲಾವಿದೆ ಬೊಕ್ಕ ಬಿಗ್ ಬಾಸ್ ವಿಜೇತೆ ಮುನಾವರ್ ಫಾರೂಕಿ ಸೇರ್ದ್ 14 ಜನ ಬಂಧನ ಆತೆರ್ ಪಂದ್ ಪೊಲೀಸೆರ್ ತೆರಿಪಾದೆರ್.
Mumbai: The Mumbai police arrested and charged Bigg Boss 17 winner Munawar Faruqui, a stand-up comedian, along with 14 other people On March 26 for allegedly using tobacco-based hookah in a south Mumbai hookah club.
According to the details, Faruqui was booked under The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 or COTPA, 2003. The raid on the hookah bar was conducted on March 26 evening.
Faruqui was there at the hookah bar at the time of the raid. Later, he was penalised after his medical tests came back positive. The raid was conducted after the police received information about nicotine being used with tobacco products at the hookah parlour.
The police seized a total of Rs 4,400 and nine hookah pots, worth Rs 13,500, in the raid. Further investigations into the case were underway.
32-year-old Faruqui is popular as a comedian and rapper on YouTube. He was imprisoned for 35 days in 2021 for hurting Hindu religious sentiments.