As part of the inspection of hostels in view of recent rape and murder at a south Mumbai hostel, the city police have busted an illegal hookah parlour, which was operating out of a cafe housed in Andheri bungalow that also has a hostel. Cops caught the staff serving hookah to customers in the packed ground-floor eatery, which is also illegal.

The hostel, which is occupied by three men and seven women, is on the first floor of the bungalow, located on 3rd cross lane at Lokhandwala in Andheri West, said officers from the Social Service Branch of Mumbai police.