Bangalore, June 09: Despite High Court’s order, which allows women to work in dance bars, cops allegedly issue oral warnings to bar owners asking not to employ fairer sex to work in their establishments.
While the High Court issued clear orders last year stating that women can be employed by dance bars in the city to serve and wait on tables, the city cops are making sure that women are not allowed inside dance bars.
The police are playing it safe by only issuing oral instructions to the Working Women’s Bar and Restaurant Association, because if written guidelines were issued, it could be seen as a violation of the HC order.
While the brainchild of Additional Commissioner of Police T Sunil Kumar appears to be an impressive way to shut down live bands in the city, the association remains miffed about the issue.
“Over 3,000 bar women have suffered job losses because of this sudden change in the rule. The police commissioner’s office has instructed all DCPs not to allow our female employees to enter bars. Many women who were employed with our bars have returned to their hometowns. The rest are demanding salaries as their families are dependent on their wages,” Sanjay Kochhar, president of the Working Women’s Bar and Restaurant Association, informed.
-Agencies