Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 17
Sending a strong message to clubs serving hookah to customers despite a ban, the UT police today booked the owner and all six staff members, including the manager, of a club, Terminal 7, in Sector 7 after they found that hookah was being served.
The police visited the club on the intervening night of December 16 and 17 and found that hookah was being served to customers.
The police said club owner Shubham, manager Aditya and five staff members —- Navneet Singh, Amarjeet Kumar, Sukhwinder, Akshay and Aman were booked.
The police have been registering cases for the violation. However, this is probably the first time that the entire club staff have been booked.
Inspector Jasbir Singh, SHO of the Sector 26 police station, said routine checks would be conducted in clubs and restaurants to ensure that the District Magistrate’s orders were followed.
On a complaint of ASI Om Singh, a case has been registered against all of them under Sections 188 and 34 of the IPC at the Sector 26 police station.
The UT Administration has extended the ban on serving of hookahs at clubs, hotels, restaurants, taverns and bars for 60 days, starting December 14, to curb the spread of Covid-19.
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