Pub owner under police scanner for promoting ''Student Night'' event in Mangaluru
Mangaluru (Karnataka), Jul 26: The Mangaluru city police have recommended that the Excise Department take action against a pub owner for the alleged promotion of a social media post inviting students to indulge in a liquor extravaganza entitled ‘Students Wednesday Night’, officials said on Friday.
The promotional poster of this event had gone viral on the social media.
According to the Mangaluru Police Commissioner Anupam Agarwal, the pub’s promotional poster, which was circulated widely on social media, explicitly restricted entry to students with a valid college ID and offered complimentary drinks for female attendees.
Following the post going viral on social media handles, outrage ensued online, with netizens condemning the establishment for targeting students. Calls to revoke the pub’s permit gained momentum, while others defended the marketing strategy on legal grounds.
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Commissioner Agarwal quickly responded to public concerns by instructing the pub to cancel the event.
Additionally, he urged the excise department to take appropriate action against those responsible. In these matters only the Excise department can take action, the police said.
In a statement on Friday, the police chief said, “On July 25, 2024, it came to our attention through some posters being circulated via whatsapp that Hotel Lalbagh Inn in Derebail, Mangaluru (Liqour Lounge Bar) was promoting alcohol consumption to students and minors through messages on social media, offering certain discounts to them on a particular day."
This action constitutes a violation of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965 and the conditions specified under licensing provisions. Consequently, the Excise Department has filed an FIR against the pub owner under relevant section of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965.
For the said violation, the Excise department is the only authority empowered to file the case, Agarwal added.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
