those who dropped in at a restocumlounge at wagholi on saturday night had no idea about the events about to unfold the rural pune police raided the nightspot a little past midnight and the revellers including some families who were there for dinner allege that they were hit with batons kicked and slapped repeatedly on the same night cops also visited other lounges in koregaon park and demanded that they shut we had earlier reported how cops are playing spoilsport post the minors party that was busted a weekend ago in koregaon park is it a crime to go out have a few drinks legally and unwind over the weekend is the common question on the minds of revellers a person present at saturdays party spoke to a senior cop there i managed to tell him that if the place was flouting the deadline then they shouldve dealt with the management or if the issue was about underage people consuming alcohol then they couldve calmly barricaded the place and checked for age proof thirdly if they had found people drinking and driving they couldve checked for licences and fined them accordingly as per the law socialite seema malhotra believes in the work hard and party harder mantra its not a crime to party and i think it is completely unfair to beat party goers just because they were having a good time meeting friends and enjoying good music is not wrong yes there should be a limit on alcohol consumption and i always ensure that my kids are driven back home safely they should not get carried away and should follow the deadline but this incident has created a fear in our minds as it could have happened with our kids also she says the rule states that those above 21 years old can enter a club but only those above 25 can consume hard liquor while clubs are checking age proof revellers say that it is also their responsibility to have the right licence in place a fashion designer who was one of those detained on saturday says at 530 am after we asked the women cops why we were being detained they said that the place was illegal and had only a daily licence since we were inside we had to be detained we asked them how they expected us to know that there was a discrepancy we dont go to a party and check the licence of a place maybe clubs should start putting it up on a notice board she attributes the incident one of many to an existing mentality where partying wearing short clothes and drinking are considered inappropriate the cops asked why we were out partying late at night a couple requested to be let off as their child was at home with the grandparents to that the cops retorted that why are you out if you have a child she reveals a dj who did not wish to be named says that it