Overview

• The NCP (SP) MP wrote to Deputy Chief Minister and state excise minister Ajit Pawar seeking closure of Living Liquidz in South Mumbai’s Breach Candy.
• Her letter cites the shop’s proximity to two schools and a hospital and notes operating hours from 10 am to 11 pm.
• Residents represented by the Breach Candy Residents’ Forum submitted a petition with over 200 signatures alleging public drinking, congestion, quarrels, and risks to women and children.
• Police say a Mumbai Police constable and a Maharashtra Security Force constable are deployed outside the outlet from 5 pm to 12 am, with actions taken against hawkers and public drinkers on nearby roads.
• Owner Manish Pardasani defends the store as law-abiding, citing two security guards and a prior housing society NOC, while State Excise Commissioner Rajesh Deshmukh has not commented.