In Mumbai, Actor Aditya Pancholi, was arrested early on Sunday for allegedly assaulting and abusing a bouncer of a night club at a five-star hotel in suburban Juhu , was later released on bail, as per police. The 50-year-old actor allegedly smashed the head of bouncer Mandar Patole (29) with his mobile handset while he was being escorted out after he created ruckus and sabotaged the counter at the pub. Actor with a friend reached the Trilogy pub in Hotel Sea Princess on Juhu Tara Road late on Saturday night. “At about 12.45 AM today (Sunday), an allegedly inebriated Pancholi requested the disc jockey (DJ) to play Hindi songs as, according to him, only English numbers were being played in the pub. When DJ did not accept his request, Pancholi had a tiff with him,” Santacruz police station’s senior inspector said. Later, police were informed and Pancholi was arrested. Patole was rushed to a nearby civic-run Bhabha hospital where he had five stitches on the head. Pancholi was taken to the police station and placed under arrest in the wee hours today as per IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace).
