hyderabad fear of trouble post the jubilee hills gang rape incident has several pubs and clubs in the jubilee hillsmadhapurgachibowli belt shutting doors on groups or families if they are accompanied by anyone below 21 yearswhile some have curated special lunch timings for parents to bring their children below 10 only a majority have turned their premises into adults only zones even posters for special events now read exclusively for 21 years and above pub owners are extremely scared after the may 27 case nobody wants to take a chance said a coowner of a popular brewery in jubilee hills move has reduced pub profits he added though the police had asked pubs to disallow minors we have gone a step ahead and banned their entry even if they are accompanied by adults so when healthcare professional sneha chaitanya tried to visit one in gachibowli on thursday along with her 18yearold cousin she was politely turned away i tried to explain that he would be under my supervision and we would just have lunch with no alcohol but they refused she saidconfirming that the ban on youngsters below 21 is an independent decision of pubs and clubs telangana excise minister srinivas goud said first drugs and now the rape case pub owners think they are in the firing line for the fault of a few errant characters so even though we have not issued any diktat they have gone ahead and decided not to allow any minorthe move has certainly depleted earnings said owner of a club on road no 36 jubilee hills we used to make at least rs 8 lakh to rs 10 lakh a month from daytime nonalcoholic parties that largely comprised students in the 1821 age bracket we have had to put a stop to that now he said the only bright side is that i dont need to deploy extra security to watch over an underage crowd he added