All those attending late-night parties in pubs in the State capital might not get a ‘high’. Those managing to run these hangouts using their connections are surely getting ‘higher returns’!
“It could be anything between one to two crore rupees a month,” says a police officer overseeing the ongoing investigation into the recent raid by Task Force sleuths on a pub in star hotel here. Inputs received by the police officers suggest that persons running such places, be it a pub or bar, are making a killing.
Majority of these places have something called entry fee. This amount along with the money spent on liquor and food comes to ₹ 10,000 to ₹ 15,000 per person on an average. If 200 people attend a late-night party with average expenses of ₹ 20,000 per head, the total money generated on that single night would be around ₹ 40 lakh.
