Gurgaon pub owner nabbed for serving alcohol, hookah to minors

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A day after Gurgaon Police cracked down on pub — Buzzin at DlF City Centre Mall — on Monday the owner of the pub was also arrested. On Sunday, the pub manager was arrested during a Cocktail and hookah party called ‘Sex and Smoke’ which was attended by over hundred students of a city-based prominent school.

The pub owner identified as Milap Singh was arrested from his residence at posh DlF Phase-II, for hosting a hookah party in the premises. The local police with the senior officials of the city Excise Department conducted a raid on the pub. Police had arrested pub manager Anil Kumar.

According to police, all the students are minors and they had pre-booked the place for the birthday party. "Hookah bar is already banned in the city. Both Kumar and Singh were serving liquor and hookah to the minors. They did not even make an effort to check the age proof of the children entering the pub. Gurgaon Police and senior officials of the Excise Department have recommended the headquarters of Excise and Taxation Department to cancel the license of this pub," said Alok Mittal, Commissioner of Gurgaon Police.

Police has arrested Kumar and Singh and registered a case under Section-188 at Sector-29 Police station. Police is are suspecting that the duo had earlier also organised hookah parties in the pub.

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