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Is politics getting in the way of the law by shielding the guilty and harassing the innocent? Or is Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani being falsely implicated for cheap publicity? Aftab on Sunday denied media reports that he was "doing drugs" in a night club in Pune on February 11. He also denied that he used his political clout to shut down the club.
According to reports in the media, Aftab had, at the Pune night club 'Fire and Ice' "done drugs", made lewd gestures at a woman inside the club, got into a fight, threatened owner Ketan Kadam and later used political contacts to revoke the licence of the club. Aftab's "clout" reportedly comes from his friendship with actor Ritesh Deshmukh, son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.
The police shut down the club by suspending its licence for 15 days. Pune police, however, said the club had violated the law. While discos in Maharashtra are not allowed to be open after one a.m., 'Fire and Ice', they said, was kept open even beyond three a.m. on several days.
On his part, Aftab has said the allegations are "totally baseless". "Why should I simply ruin my thriving career by such a silly act? And I have no political clout. Ritesh is just my friend and I think he will be ruining himself too if he ever got to doing something like persuading his father to shut down a disco," he said. He also denied that he was on drugs. "I have never seen drugs in my life. The club management is trying to get cheap publicity by using the name of a film star," he added.
The club officials, meanwhile, are in a state of shock and the Chief Minister's office is silent on the episode.
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