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Kullu Rave Parties: Two Senior Officials Transferred, Supreme Court Told

Kullu Rave Parties: Two Senior Officials Transferred, Supreme Court Told
Rave parties: Two senior officials of Kullu transferred, SC told · theprint.in

In a beautiful mountain area called Kullu, big parties were held in the forest that were supposed to be stopped.

These parties were very expensive, and some people say drugs were available there.

The police officers in charge of the area were supposed to stop these parties, but the court felt they did not do their job.

In fact, a judge said the officers seemed to have given up and let the parties happen.

A very important court called the High Court said those officers should be moved to other towns and that special detectives should investigate.

The officers did not agree and asked the Supreme Court, the country's biggest court, to help them.

The Supreme Court then learned that the officers had already been moved to other places.

Thousands of people had attended the forest parties, paying a lot of money for tickets.

The Supreme Court asked the High Court to finish dealing with the rest of the case.

The courts want to make sure that rules are followed and everyone stays safe.

Key facts

Officials transferred
Kullu DC Anurag Chander Sharma, SP Madan Lal and the sub-divisional magistrate
Supreme Court bench
Chief Justice Surya Kant with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana
High Court order
June 24 - transfer of three senior officers, FIR registration, SIT headed by an officer not below DIG rank
Partial stay
July 27 - Supreme Court stayed directions to register an FIR and set up an SIT against the two officers
Rave party venues
Green Forest-I and Green Forest-II, about 6 km from Kasol in a secluded forest area
Attendance fees
Rs 10,000-16,000 per participant; entry fees elsewhere ranged from Rs 5,000 to Rs 7 lakh
DLSA report
Events scheduled until 11 pm, exceeding the permitted 10 pm; liquor bottles, cigarette butts and rolling papers recovered; CCTV DVR seized
Police action
Parties stopped and sound permissions cancelled after vacation bench directions on June 9; two FIRs registered

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