Bengaluru, Mar 23 : Police have nabbed 17 people, including Bar owners, Managers and 13 customers and rescued 10 girls from Punjab and Delhi during a raid conducted on illegal Live Band run in the name of Srinivasa Bar and Restaurant (Orange) in the city on Saturday.
Police said that during the raid Bar owners and Managers Santosh, Abishek, Umesh and Ramesh and 13 customers were arrested. Another Bar owner Venkatesh is absconding.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that the girls were recruited as Bar girls but forced them to dance indecently near the customers and provoked them to throw currency notes on the dancing girls.
During the raid Police have also seized 19 mobile phones, Rs 1,30,890 cash, Music systems worth about Rs 2,50,000.
Vyalikaval Police have registered a case and investigating.
