Police conducts late-night raids on hotels and bars in Indore

In a crackdown against bars and hotels operating beyond the set deadline of 11 pm, the police conducted raids at all big hotels, bars and restaurants across the Indore city last midnight.

Police officers barged into the premises of 3 and 5 star hotels including Sayaji, Infinity, Fortune, Landmark, Kalinga to conduct raids late night. This sudden action took everyone by surprise, police said.

Police directed all the hotel owners to shut down the services as they were operating beyond the given deadline. The action was also against the bar-owners' alleged violation of excise rules as well, they said.

The operation was led by SSP Pawan Srivastava, who directed the junior officers to lodge on the spot cases.

"Panic-striken customers were seen leaving with their friends and spouses from the place in utter embarrassment," Romesh Sehgal, a weekend party organiser said.

The police said that they did not misbehave with any of the hotel customers as the action was aimed at straightening things up.