Police raided Bottom's Up Cafe & Bar in Chunabhatti area at 1.30 in the night on Tuesday after complaints were made regarding late night parties with loud sound; it was the birthday party of a girl which continued after the permissible time limit.
A large number of couples attended the birthday party with high volume music and after spotting the police there was chaos in the party.
Young men and women started running away leaving the party. However, the police have not taken legal action against any youth involved in the party. The police claimed that all those involved in the party were adults, hence no action has been taken.
Chunabhatti police station in-charge Gyan Singh said that a case has been registered against Bottom's Up Cafe & bar manager Vinod Dongre, Abdul Jalil and employees Anil Sahu, Harshit Dhariwal, Rahul Kumar for violation of Excise Act, bar rules. The police have taken all five into custody. Bar owner Ravindra Kumar Namdev will also be made an accused.
Misrod ACP Amit Kumar Mishra said that at 1.30 am, information was received that a party was going on in a bar located in Chunabhatti area. The police immediately reached the spot. Boys and girls were found partying in the bar. On asking, it was told that the birthday party was going on.
TI Gyan Singh told that it was the birthday of a girl named Pinky. A girl named Niharika had organized the party. A large number of Pinky's friends participated in this. On the table inside the bar, the police found glasses of wine and beer.
District Controller Excise HS Goyal said that beer bars are allowed to run till 12 midnight. After this, if any bar is found moving then action is taken as per excise rules.