Police crack down on B’luru pubs for violating rules

Bengaluru, NT Bureua: Cracking down on pubs violating rules in the city, the police raided several places and registered as many as 20 cases and rescued a foreign national woman on Friday night.

Bengaluru Central Division police raided pubs in the Central Business District (CBD) area for violating night rules and violating the noise pollution norms.

A statement by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru Central, R Srinivas Gowda, said that 13 cases were registered under the Karnataka Police Act against the commercial establishments that were open beyond 1 am.

A case against a hotel manager was registered under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and the police rescued a foreign national woman. Police also registered five cases against public nuisance under Section 291 (continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

A case was also registered against a transgender for public nuisance, the police added.