Dhoble Bar Raid

• When thieves stole Mumbai controversial cop Vasant Dhoble's slippers

  While bar owners and patrons shake in their boots on hearing the name of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble, a few petty thieves were having a hearty laugh when they stole the bar raiding cop's shoes.

• The other 'Dhoble' you didn't know

  Almost everyone in the after-dark party circuit is familiar with Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble's reputation and rigidness, but another name has been long ignored, though the individual's track record deserves accolades.

• Vasant Dhoble strikes again, arrests 31 in raid on a Mumbai bar

  Mumbai Police's social service branch, which is headed by hockey stick-wielding cop Vasant Dhoble, raided a bar in suburban Mumbai on Friday night. The raid was conducted on Sangam Bar in Malad and the police say 14 bar girls were rescued and 28 customers and three employees of the bar were arrested. They have been booked under various sections of...

• 'Taliban cop' Dhoble just doing his job, says Mumbai court

  Vasant Dhoble, who has over the last few weeks trended on Twitter and provoked protests and debate over raids on restaurants and bars, received some appreciation today. The Bombay High Court ruled that he's just doing his job, and also dismissed a defamation case against him.

• CCTV shows cop slapping man, using hockey stick for threats

  Once again, the iron-fisted rule of 56-year-old Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble has created a stir. The Social Service cop, feared by bar owners and sex racketeers because of his unforgiving raids, allegedly thrashed a suburban restaurant manager and threatened his staff with a hockey stick last month. He was caught on camera dispens...