Sleuths from the Central Crime Branch (CCB) carried out raids on hotels, pubs, bars, and restaurants across the city and found many minors consuming alcohol, and smoking, and booked 390 cases against these establishments.
Following a complaint from school management that many of their students were visiting pubs regularly to drink and smoke, requesting the city police to take preventive measures, city Police Commissioner B. Dayananda ordered the special drive.
As many as 701 establishments have been checked and many were found to be selling minors alcohol and tobacco products. Three cases under Juvenile Justice Act, 9 cases under Karnataka Excise Act, 1967, and 494 cases under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 have been registered.