Bengaluru: Pub owner, staff booked for assaulting GST officer in Koramangala

 








According to the complaint, Vinay went to the pub at 8 pm. Around 10.30 pm, a person came to him and asked who he was, to which Vinay identified himself as a GST officer. Then, around 12.30 am, pub owner Rakesh Gowda came up to him and asked him to pay the bill. Over the next 30 minutes, Gowda, bouncers and others assuming Vinay was a fake GST officer, sought his ID card.

When Vinay refused to provide any identity, Rakesh and his staff took him to a room where they allegedly assaulted him for three hours before letting him go

The police has registered a case under Sections 323 (Voluntarily causing hurt), 342 (Wrongful confinement), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code against Rakesh Gowda and others.

A police officer at Koramangala police station said pub owners are frequently confronted by fake GST ofIn this specific case, whether the fight started over bill payment or other issues is yet to be ascertained.

oficers who don’t pay the bill. The officer claimed some real officers also don’t pay bills at pubs


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