Mall Mile bars under scrutiny in Gurugram

GURUGRAM: Once town’s most well-known party deal with, MG Road is recently being watched closely via two government departments for any roughly “suspicious task” at its bars, shops, footpaths, parking lots — all the stretch this is referred to as the Mall Mile.
Police mentioned they had deployed each men and women officers in plainclothes at the Mall Mile, in particular round two shops, while the excise division mentioned it has shaped 12 teams for daily inspections of bars and pubs at the stretch. The deployment started after police raids on two Mall Mile bars — Phantom and Ignite — within the first week of July resulted in the arrest of 7 other folks, including the bar owners. Police mentioned a sex industry racket used to be operating from the bars. Police also mentioned in addition they had received numerous lawsuits from local citizens about prostitution rackets operating from the Mall Mile.

Police have also written to the excise division to cancel the licence of the two bars positioned in Sahara Mall and MGF Metropolitan, the place the police officers in plainclothes have also been deployed.

“These officers will stay continuous watch at those shops and action might be taken if any criminal activity is detected,” mentioned police spokesperson Subhash Bokan.

Deputy excise commissioner HC Dahiya mentioned the 12 teams had been engaging in assessments each day, not simplest at bars on MG Road but additionally within the greater hangout zones like Cyber Hub, Sector 29, Golf Course Road and Sohna Road. “Strict action might be taken if any retailers are found to be excited about immoral actions and violation of norms. This contains cancellation of licence,” mentioned Dahiya.

Asked in regards to the police missive at the two bars, Dahiya mentioned, “The report has been sent to Chandigarh.”

Police commissioner KK Rao mentioned after taking price, he had visited half a dozen pubs and bars and used to be shocked to look “how money used to be being demanded for a dance or for providing sexual favours”. “The raid used to be planned used to be receiving lawsuits and confirming illegal actions had been going down,” mentioned Rao.

Club owners who have been booked and are recently out on bail refuted the allegations and claimed they had been being careworn. “We are paying heavy licence fee (to the government) to operate,” mentioned probably the most owners. He declined to be named.

Another MG Road bar proprietor, who also didn not want to be named, mentioned police had been spreading rumours, relating to claims of sex industry rackets operating from some bars: “We have all of the required permissions and licences to run a club. If a woman involves our club and chooses to bop with a man, there isn’t a lot we can do about it. The contemporary raids performed via the police are unjustified. All the immoral and illegal actions are limited to just one mall and the carrier lanes round it.”