Hrithik gives Juhu a sleepless night

Cops bust actor's party at 3 am after receiving complaint about loud music playing at his residence, but don't penalise him for flouting 10 pm deadline

Cops bust actor's party at 3 am after receiving complaint about loud music playing at his residence, but don't penalise him for flouting 10 pm deadline

Actor Hrithik Roshan was up till 3 am this morning and kept the entire 12th Road at JVPD, Juhu awake too.
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Hrithik threw a party last night at his Juhu residence El Palazzo, for some of his close friends from the industry.
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The party was brought to a halt, when the police knocked on the actor's door in the wee hours of the morning, following a complaint by an anonymous resident about the loud music coming from Hrithik's ninth-floor apartment.

Distress call

Ramchandra Mane, duty officer, Juhu police station, said, "We received a call from a citizen at around 2.30 am, who said he was a resident of the same area.

He complained that he could not sleep as the music playing from Hrithik's house was too loud."

Spotted: The party was attended by Riteish Deshmukh, Chunky Pandey, Neelam and other B-Town celebs.

The police acted on the complaint immediately and rushed to El Palazzo within 30 minutes. "When we reached the house there was a DJ playing music. We warned the actor and he immediately turned off the music," said Mane.

However, Hrithik was not penalised for playing loud music post 10 pm (See box).u00a0 K Sawant, police inspector of Juhu police station, said, "Giving a warning was our duty. That's all we could do."

Actress Neelam, who attended the party said, "It's just a regular Sunday night party." However, she refused to comment on music being played post the 10 pm deadline.

Interestingly, the police warning did not put a stop to the celebrations. As soon as the cops left, the party started in full swing, albeit with a lower volume.

The rulebook

In order to curb the growing noise pollution in the state, Mumbai police introduced a new act in 2000 u2014 The Noise Pollution (Regulation andu00a0 Control) Rules, 2000).

Under this act, a person is not allowed to use loudspeakers or public address system after 10 pm, and if found violating the rule can be fined Rs 200.