Shiv Sena's Yogesh Kadam linked to dance bar, illegal sand mining

MUMBAI: Junior home minister Yogesh Kadam became the latest Shiv Sena leader to find himself in the middle of a controversy as the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Friday demanded his resignation over his alleged links to a dance bar in Kandivali and illegal sand mining in Ratnagiri.

- Saurabha Kulshreshtha

On the last day of the monsoon session of the state legislature, Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab alleged that the Savali Bar in Kandivali, whose licence is in the name of Kadam’s mother, had been illegally turned into a dance bar. He also alleged that a close aide of the Shiv Sena leader was found involved in illegal sand mining. Kadam refuted the allegations.

While participating in a debate on law and order in the upper house on Friday, Parab said, “Recently, when the police raided Savali bar in Kandivali, they found that it was a dance bar with 22 bar girls, and customers were involved in vulgar acts. The licence of the bar is in the name of Jyoti Ramdas Kadam, who is the mother of Yogesh Kadam.”

Dance bars are illegal in the state after the enactment of the Maharashtra Prohibition of Obscene Dance in Hotels, Restaurant and Bar Rooms and Protection of Dignity of Women (Working Therein) Act, 2016.