New Delhi, An eight-year-old boy, still waiting for his father to return home, asked his mother why a tent had been erected outside their house. His mother, inconsolable after losing her husband in an alleged assault by nightclub bouncers, had no answer for him.
Five people, including the club manager, his wife and three bouncers have been arrested in connection with the incident that took place late Saturday at Tor House nightclub near Ashok Park Metro station, under the Sarai Rohilla police station area. Bouncers were allegedly called in, and the assault followed. Police have seized the nightclub’s digital video recorder and are examining the footage to reconstruct the sequence of events and identify others involved. They are also probing allegations that a police response vehicle arrived outside the club after a control-room call but left without conducting an inquiry. Police are examining whether the nightclub had the requisite permissions to operate late at night. Records have been sought from the Excise Department and the Licensing Branch. Further investigation is underway.
Daljeet, a driver, died after allegedly being brutally assaulted by bouncers and the manager of a nightclub in north Delhi following a dispute over beer spilling on the manager’s wife, police said. Daljeet had gone to the nightclub with five to six friends for a party when some liquid spilled on a woman, triggering a verbal altercation with the club manager, according to police.
“He hugs me and cries, asking for his father. What do I tell him now? He keeps asking why there is a tent outside our house.
I just cried and told him it was not ours,” Pooja, wife of 29-year-old Daljeet, said, breaking down as she recounted the family’s loss.
Pooja said the family was now struggling to explain the tragedy to their young son.
