The officials also rescued 74 women who were being forced to work as bar dancers (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Key Highlights Earlier this month, a woman was stripped naked by bar staff in Hyderabad after she denied to take up prostitution.

Bengaluru: Bengaluru's Chef Regency Inn was raided by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Friday, June 28 where the CCB officials arrested 53 people from the bar situated in Domlur, including the cashier and two managers. The officials also rescued 74 women who were allegedly being forced to work as bar dancers.

Reportedly, the officials also recovered Rs 1.04 lakh cash from the bar. Allegedly, the customers were allowed to shower cash at the women employed at the bar. The customers could also dance with the women if they paid extra money. It was alleged that the women were made to dance at the bar to entice more customers and to keep them entertained.

A senior official told The Hindu, "The accused employed the women to entertain clients who visited the bar. Customers were allowed to shower money on them while they danced. Those who paid more were allowed to dance with them." It was also alleged that the bar had promised to provide good jobs to the women.

The prime accused have been identified as Dinesh Kumar, Dinesh P, Prakash Dutt Joshi, Hegya Raj Joshi and Riyazuddin. The raid was conducted under the supervision of Joint Police Commissioner B Ravikanthe Gowda.

13 women rescued from dance bar in Mumbai

In May, the police conducted a raid at a bar in Vasai and arrested 18 people including the manager, waiters and customers. Allegedly, the women present at the bar were dancing provocatively. The police arrested the accused and booked them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provisions of the Maharashtra Police Act.

Bar staff forces dancer into prostitution, strip her naked

In another case, a 26-year-old woman who had been working as a dancer at Lisbon Restrobar in Hyderabad was allegedly stripped naked by the bar staff on June 14. A group of five men were allegedly trying to force the woman into prostitution and when she refused, they stripped her naked and physically abused her.

The accused were identified as Syed Majid Hussain, Kodali Vijaya Reddy, Shamlet Rekha, Errabelli Sandhya and Jekka Sharvani. Following the incident, the woman approached the police and lodged an FIR against the accused. The Panjagutta police arrested all except the prime accused, Hussain. Apart from working at the bar, the woman also used to work as a junior artist in South Indian films.