Barleyz brewpub

The rooftop of Barleyz where the customers were assaulted on Thursday

One of the victims had a deep cut on his head

When we asked the bar staff, who were fighting among themselves, to keep it low, they started flinging chairs at customers. — Deepak C Kalauni, startup entrepreneur

By Pragna L KrupaA party is not a party unless you have something eventful happening. But Deepak C Kalauni and his friend Anand, are not going to forget this party anytime soon.Funnily enough, though Deepak and his friends and some 100 people were present at the well-known brewpub in Koramangala, it was the bar staff who were having a wild night. The bar staff were throwing chairs and abusing each other when the customers asked them to keep the noise down and not spoil the party mood. This led to the bar staff attacking the customers and throwing chairs and furniture at them. Deepak and Anand were injured badly.The complainant, Deepak, 27, a resident of Kudlu Gate and an entrepreneur who runs his startup in Koramangala, has filed a complaint with the Koramangala police. Deepak sustained a deep cut on his head which required seven to eight stitches.In his complaint he said he and his friends were atand restaurant in Koramangala 6th block where there were around 100 people partying on the rooftop on Thursday. “Around 12 am, the bar staff on the rooftop started fighting among themselves and it turned violent. We thought of going to the second floor but learnt that there was another private party going on there. So we decided to stay back on the rooftop. We saw there were around seven to eight staffers in two groups fighting with each other and throwing chairs around. When we intervened and asked them to keep it low, they started abusing us. Four to five of them, with chairs in their hand, started flinging them at the customers,” said Deepak.“One of bar staff hit me on the head with a metal chair. My friend Anand, a fashion designer, who was with me, was also hit by the staff with a rod,” said Deepak.He added that among his friends, it was not only him and Anand who were assaulted but a lot of other people were assaulted by the staff. Seeing that the fight was getting out of control, one of Deepak’s friends called the police. By the time they arrived, only some of the staff could be taken into custody, while others managed to escape.Deepak said, “There were no bouncers on the rooftop and my head started bleeding. As I was running down the stairs, I noticed that my white shirt was soaked in blood. |At that time I didn’t know what was happening around me as it was chaotic. As I reached the ground floor, I lay down but the bouncers came in and asked me to get up and leave instead of helping me. The police arrived by then and took us to a hospital. Anand too sustained injuries all over his body as he was hit with iron rods,” he said.DCP South East, Isha Pant said action is being initiated against the accused. She said that three staff members had been arrested and the police are on the lookout for the rest.The Koramangala police say that the staff were fighting amongst themselves over a trivial issue and in fit of anger, they hit the customers when they tried to intervene.The Koramangala police have issued a notice and shut down the brewpub under section 21 of the Excise Act.