The Delhi Police has arrested a bar and cafe owner for serving liquor to at least 40 people inside his set-up in Paschim Vihar East area of the national capital. Police said that 40 people, who had assembled to party, have been booked for the lockdown and social distancing violations.
The bar and cafe owner has been identified as Tanmay Singhal. Police said that he owns the Crossroads Cafe in Paschim Vihar.
According to a senior police official, due to the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions that have been in place to curb the transmission of the virus, he was only allowed to open only his cafe.
“However, the police caught him serving liquor inside the cafe. The incident happened on Sunday night when police, during one of their patrols in the Paschim Vihar East area, heard music blaring from a building,” said the senior police official.
“When they went to check it, the police saw Tanmay Singhal offering whiskey, beer and hukka to a group of 40 people who were inside the cafe. The police team seized the liquor and registered an FIR against the owner of the cafe. Tanmay Singhal and all the 40 people who were present inside the cafe have been booked for violation,” he said.