Delhi Police on Sunday seized 24 ‘hookahs’ (smoking pipes) after it raided a restaurant-cum-bar in the national capital’s Rajouri Garden area.
Joining the “pawri ho rahi hai” (party is on) meme fest on social media, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), Prashant Gautam, tweeted: “Yehe Hum hain..Yehe Hooke Hain.. Aur ab Pawri nahi ho rahi hai (This is us, these are hookahs and the party is no longer on).”
“PS- Some Pawris are not only injurious to health they are illegal too. Seized 24 Hooka from Rajouri Garden area,” he wrote further on the micro-blogging platform and tagged photos of the seized 'hukkas'.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yehe Hum hain..<br>Yehe Hooke Hain..<br>Aur ab Pawri nahi ho rahi hai<br><br>PS- Some Pawris are not only injurious to health they are illegal too. Seized 24 Hooka from Rajouri Garden area. <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/india/odisha-up-delhi-top-three-states-with-most-contaminated-sites-1447380">@CPDelhi</a> <a >@LtGovDelhi</a> <a >@DCPWestDelhi</a> <a >@DelhiPolice</a></p>— Addl DCP-I WEST DISTT (@i_addl) <a >March 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
"Pawri ho rahi hai" trended on social media after Pakistan-based Instagram influencer Dananeer Mobeen's video was used by netizens to make memes and send across messages.
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The police personnel, who conducted the raid, also found out that COVID-19 protocols were also not being followed in the restaurant-cum-bar where 'hookahs' were being served to the customers.
Delhi Police have registered a case under Section 269 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) besides other relevant Sections under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), which prohibits smoking in public places.