L-G Jung rejects pubs' pleas to open past 1am
Hopes of the Capital’s pub and restaurant owners getting an extension beyond 1am came crashing down after Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Najeeb Jung refused to extend the timing.
Not only did Jung reject their plea, he strictly ordered the owners to make an announcement to the guests at least 15 minutes prior to the closure of their outlets, so that they start winding up.
Urging the Delhi Police to act like ‘mature people’, Jung asked them to act only after the stipulated deadline, since several complaints were made against them for shutting down outlets ‘arbitrarily and forcibly’.
L-G Najeeb Jung rejected the plea of pub owners to extend the timing beyond 1am
Recently, Jung had met Special CP (law and order), Special CP (traffic), Special CP (crime), and Joint Commissioner of Police (licensing unit) along with some prominent members of pub and restaurant association to discuss the issue.
A senior officer who attended the meeting told Mail Today that after the sudden rise in incidents of drunken brawls at pubs and restaurants, Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi had ordered his officers to ensure that these outlets shut down by 1am.
Upset by this diktat, several pub and restaurant owners approached Jung and urged him to intervene in this matter and give them around 40 minutes more time.
“In the meeting, Jung has clarified that deadline will not be extended and that their request of granting them some additional time was unreasonable,” the officer said, adding that all services of the concerned pubs and restaurants should stop by 1am and no guests should be allowed beyond that, although employees can be allowed.
In August, Station House Officer of Tughlak Road police station had issued guidelines for restaurants urging the latter to stop playing music while serving food to guests. However, Jung clearly told Delhi Police that music cannot be a cause or a case for police to intervene.
“He has asked Delhi Police to intervene only if the music is being played loud affecting the residents in the area. If music is being played in a closed premise, then there is no need to interfere,” the police officer said.
Meanwhile, the new direction is now being sent by the Licensing Unit of Delhi Police to all the district heads urging them to follow the new rules.
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