All of the 21 women arrested were granted bail on Saturday (Representative Image) | Photo Credit: Thinkstock

Surat: Police in Gujarat's Surat city on Friday raided a kitty party at an upscale hotel in Piplod after receiving a tip that revellers in the party, all women, were consuming alcohol which is prohibited in the state. During the raid, officers arrested 21 women and seized four bottles of Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL).

Those arrested hosted frequent kitty parties at the same hotel, an officer told Times of India adding that they gathered at the hotel on Friday around 4 pm. The party was supposed to end by 6 pm, however, a few of the attendees decided to stay back in the hotel's disco hall. Sources told the national daily that a woman who reportedly had an argument with an invitee informed the police about the consumption of alcohol at the gathering.

A city police official told media personnel that the manager of the hotel will be arrested for allowing the liquor party. Even those women who did not consume alcohol at the party were produced along with others at a local court on Saturday evening which granted them bail. At the time of their arrest, police had seized one bottle of Scotch whiskey, a bottle of Vodka and a bottle of red wine.

Following the women's arrest, police had taken them to the New Civil Hospital (NCH) for medical examination after which they were asked to go home. However, police had summoned the women to the police station the next morning. Manufacturing, distribution, and consumption of alcohol is banned in the state under the Gujarat Prohibition Act which came into force in 1960.

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