Hotel fined Rs 25,000 for Hrithik’s loud birthday party

Hrithik Roshan’s 42^nd birthday party invited trouble for the hotel. The Four Seasons Hotel in Worli which organised his lavish birthday party was fined for Rs 25,000 for playing loud music till the wee hours in the morning. Despite repeated complaints from the south residents about the noise, the police did not take prompt action.

When south Mumbai-resident Ashraf Khan was passing by the hotel at 1.30 am, he heard loud music.

“Several cops were stationed at the hotel gate for bandobast but they did nothing to stop the loud music. I asked the cops on bandobast whether the party had special permission to continue late into the night, but the cops denied this. They said they had been posted there as several big celebrities were attending the bash,” said Khan, who rang police and made the first complaint at 2 am.

For half an hour later, when the police did not arrive, Khan made another call to the police control room at 2.30 am. “I made another complaint to the Worli police station at 2.45 am, then again at 3 am, but the Worli cops too did not come to the spot to stop the loud music. Cars had also been parked haphazardly, creating a traffic jam,” Khan recalled.

“I made the final call to the control room at 3.05 am, and ten minutes later, the cops finally arrived at the hotel, two hours after I made the first complaint. The entire time, the party continued without any hindrance,” he added.

However, a senior official from the Worli police station denied there had been any negligence and said, “We had already gone and fined the hotel manager R12,500 once at 1.30 am. When we got the complaint, we went back and fined the manager the same amount again. This time, the party came to an end.”

However, Hrithik’s spokesperson denied such incident. “Some people had crashed the party and when they were sent out, one of them made the police complaint,” said the source.

When mid-day contacted the Four Seasons hotel, they said, “Regarding the parking of cars on a public road, that cannot be controlled by the hotel.”