The Santacruz police have booked the owner of Epitome Juhu-Global Dining & Bar for allegedly producing forged liquor licence during a raid at the restaurant, which is located on a property belonging to the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Juhu Airport. The owner, Shrey Karia, has gone into hiding, said the police. Shrey is the son of Mumbai’s biggest cricket bookie Vishal Karia.

The AAI had given the land on rent to M Hemchand and company years ago. The rent agreement expired on August 15, 1994, but the land was not cleared. Thereafter, the AAI, Juhu Airport, approached the high court where the case has been going on since.