HYDERABAD: Three workers of a pub in Begumpet were arrested by Punjagutta police in an attempt-to-murder case filed by a customer.
The three men and the pub owner were accused by the family of attacking them after an argument over filing a police complaint against a few men for misbehaving on the dance floor. The pub owner is still absconding.
The incident happened on July 12. On Thursday, Krishna’s associates Praveen, Nandeswar and Samuel were arrested.
According to cops, complainant S Sony along with her sister Renuka had approached pub manager Shekhar and sought CCTV footage to identify men who they claimed had misbehaved with Renuka. “Renuka told the pub manager that when she was dancing with her husband some other men on the floor had misbehaved with her. She sought the CCTV footage,” Punjagutta inspector M Niranjan Reddy said.
As per the manager’s suggestion, Renuka and Sony met proprietor Krishna and told him about the incident. “Murali Krishna asked Renuka not to go to the police as it would tarnish his pub’s image. When Renuka refused, Krishna abused the two women,” the inspector said.
Later when Renuka along with her brother Sai and brother-in-law Karan went to the pub to confront Murali Krishna, the latter along with a few of his associates attacked them with sticks and bottles. Karan and Renuka sustained injuries in the attack, police said.
A case was registered under IPC Section 307 against pub proprietor Murali Krishna and his associates for allegedly assaulting the woman customer and her family
