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*Indian [[scam]]ster [[Abdul Karim Telgi]] spent nearly {{INRConvert|9.3|m|year=2002}} in one night at a dance bar in [[Grant Road]], Mumbai in November 2002.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*[[Matka gambling|Matka]] kingpin Suresh Bhagat's son Hitesh allegedly spent {{INRConvert|200000}} per night for two years at dance bars.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*Samajwadi Party MLA from Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh Mahendra Singh, along with five other persons, was arrested and booked under the Anti-Prostitution Act by Goa police on 26 August 2013 following a raid at a dance bar in [[Panaji]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/up-mla-among-six-held-in-panaji-dance-bar-raid/article5065691.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=U.P. MLA among six held in Panaji dance bar raid | date=28 August 2013}}</ref> Police said they arrested Singh from a ''[[mujra]]'' party at a hotel, and six women dancers who were "rescued", were prostitutes called from Mumbai, [[Delhi]] and [[Chandigarh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/at-mundans-or-mujras-its-ok-to-watch-women-dance-sp-mla_875824.html|title=At
*A bar girl allegedly died during a raid of the Ellora Bar and Restaurant in Borivli, Mumbai by the Social Service (SS) branch of the Mumbai Police, around 10 pm IST on 31 August 2013. Kasturba Marg police registered an accidental death report for investigation. However, the bar management claimed that the police had assaulted a bar employee during the raid, which created panic and the bar girl died due to a heart attack. Bar owner Pravin Agrawal said that, "We have CCTV recording of the entire incident. But the police have taken every thing into their custody and even seized the mobile phones of the bar employees. They are not allowing me inside and I am unable to contact my employees."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-01/mumbai/41662087_1_bar-girl-police-raid-bar-owner | work=The Times Of India | title=Bar girl dies during police raid in Borivli | date=1 September 2013}}</ref>
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===Further reading===
* [[Devasis]] ({{ISBN|978-9-3852-8565-3}}) [http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/review-book-review-without-prejudice-epic-tale-of-a-mumbai-bar-dancer-2544275 Without Prejudice: Epic Tale of a Mumbai Bar Dancer] ( Niyogi Books), 2017
* {{cite book |title=Pop culture India!: media, arts, and lifestyle|author=Asha Kasbekar|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2006|isbn=1-85109-636-1 |page=283 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C&
*[http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1861991/report-queen-of-dance-bars-deepa Deepa Bar]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140331180018/http://www.dancewithshadows.com/dance_bars_mumbai.asp Article on dance bars]
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