HC dismisses PIL on alleged eviction of Thane bargirls

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) on Wednesday regarding the alleged eviction of over a thousand former dance-bar girls from Kisanwadi area in neighbouring Thane.
    
There were newspaper reports last June alleging that local Shiv Sena corporator Ram Repale was heading an eviction drive against bargirls in the area.
    
Sena had alleged that bargirls were indulging in prostitution.
    
Janhit Manch, an NGO, had written a letter to the High Court in this regard. The High Court turned it into a PIL.
    
But on Wednesday, a report filed before the court by Deputy Commissioner of Police Bhujangrao Shinde said that no cognisable offence was made out in these incidents.
    
The court, therefore, dismissed the PIL.