Bengaluru bar claims to have lost Rs 3 lakh after fight over plastic cup

Customers allegedly took advantage of the commotion and slipped out without paying.

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A fight between waiters and customers over a plastic cup at a popular Bengaluru bar has allegedly cost the place Rs 3 lakh after other customers used the commotion to leave the premises without paying their bill.

Jagadeesh, 31, the manager at Indiranagar's Bob's Bar claimed that the restaurant had lost money due to the incident on Thursday night.

A 27-year-old software engineer and her male friend allegedly picked a fight with the staff at the bar after they refused to give them a plastic cup to take leftover alcohol since the use of plastic cups is banned in Bengaluru. The argument devolved into a fight and during the commotion, other patrons at the bar left without paying their bills, reported Deccan Herald.

Indiranagar police have received complaints from both parties — the couple and the manager of Bob's Bar — and are currently investigating the incident. The couple had stayed till closing hour on Thursday night at the restaurant and had a bill of Rs. 5,000. “We asked the staff to pack the leftovers, including the eatables and drinks, and also asked for a disposable plastic cup, which the staff did not have,” said the woman in her complaint as per The Hindu.

However, police officials investigating the case stated that when the bar employee refused to give them the disposable plastic cup, the couple began to abuse the waiter. The heated argument quickly turned into a full-scale fight between the restaurant staff, the couple and her colleagues. In the ruckus, several customers drinking at the pub managed to slip away without paying their bills.

The couple has filed a complaint accusing the staff at the pub of outraging the modesty of a woman, assault and unlawful assembly. Bob's Bar manager Jagadeesh filed a counter-complaint against the couple for causing a ruckus and assaulting the staff at the restaurant. Police are looking at CCTV footage of the incident.