Mystery IAS officer tried to save Int'l DJ's 'Illegal' event

What had started out as a night to remember for Jeffrey Sutorius aka Dash Berlin mdashrecognised as the seventh most popular DJ in the world mdash and his fans in the city swiftly turned into a nightmare The show organised at Penthouze Pub Mundhwa came to an abrupt end leaving hundreds of music buffs high and dry as cops pulled the plug on the performance Push pause Jeffrey Sutorius aka Dash Berlin in blue Tshirt had to spend more than two hours at the local police station facing questions about the nature of his visa PicSachin Thakare Not only this The famed musician had to spend more than two hours at the local police station facing questions about the nature of his visa Hours later Dash Berlin tweeted ldquoJust to clarify I was questioned by the police as they needed to check my work visa was valid everything was fine and I was free to gordquo ldquoI love India no matter whatrdquo he added minutes later Derejected Dash Berlin in blue another associate along with Nikhil Chinapa extreme right coming out of Mundhwa police station after spending more than two hours there PicSachin Thakare The show was supposed to go on until 130 am for which fans had shelled out about Rs 1600 each However when INTUC president Rahul Mhaske and a few members of Youth Congress informed the police that the international artiste was performing at an event that did not have permission of the state home ministry police stopped the show and took Dash and his associates including VJ Nikhil Chinapa to Mundhwa police station around midnight Chinaparsquos company Submerge Music had organised the programme ldquoIt was the responsibility of the owner of the venue to get permission of the state home ministry before organising the international artistersquos performance in the city The pub owner obtained approval only for Chinaparsquos performance When we raided the place acting on the tipoff we found Dash playing there which was against the lawrdquo said inspector Vishwanath Ghanavat of Mundhwa police station He added that while interrogating the DJ police realised that Dashrsquos only mistake was he did not try to ascertain from the pub management whether or not they had acquired the goahead for holding the event Two unknown persons insisted cops to speak to speak to an39IAS39 officer in a bid to stop cops from staliing the show PicSachin Thakare ldquoDash told us that he was unaware about the rules However for breaking the law we slapped relevant sections of Bombay Police Act 1951 on him and Penthouze owner Kunal Mhaskerdquo said Ghanavat Meanwhile in an attempt to prevent the police from taking action the pub management allegedly tried its level best to pressurise the cops MiD DAY found two young men from the establishment who declined to give their names repeatedly asking police officials to speak to an unidentified IAS officer over the phone However the constables refused to buckle under the pressure refused to take the call and went ahead with their duties INTUC president Rahul Mhaske left who informed the police about the event Pic Sachin Thakare One of the pub employees turned the phonersquos speaker on and this reporter heard the person on the other side shouting and insisting in Gujarati that the cops speak to him When the constables refused the employee present at the venue threatened the personnel saying ldquoBata deta hoon IAS officer hai Call lega ke nahi legardquo When MiD DAY tried to contact owner of Penthouze Pub Kunal Mhaske he disconnected the call after listening to the matter and then SMSed this reporter that he was busy DCP says Zone IV DCP Manoj Patil said that ignorance couldn39t be an excuse for not following the law Patil said that the cops had informed the venue owner well in advance to get the permission of the state home ministry as an international artiste was going to perform Music buffs disappointed Baloo who had come from Bangalore especially for the show said that it was a huge disappointment when the event was stopped unexpectedly and that he did not care what the reason was Another fan on the condition of anonymity told MiD DAY that he had just entered the pub and purchased a ticket for Rs 1600 when the curtains came down on the event u00a0 Police outside the building where the event was held PicSachin Thakare Dash Berlin dashberlin Just to clarify I was questioned by the police as they needed to check my work visa was valid everything was fine and I was free to go