Police raid Karaoke bar on opening night 25 scantily attired young women, owner arrested by Hariscchandra Gunaratna
A Karaoke bar on Station Road , Dehiwala was raided by police on its opening night, on Saturday, by a squad from the Mount Lavinia Police. They took into custody 25 scantily attired young women and their employer who was operating from behind the bar at the time.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Mt Lavinia Willie Abeynayake told
" The Island" : " We got wind of the Karaoke bar that was to be opened that evening and were keeping a close tab on its goings on. They were bold enough to announce the names of certain top politicos, even some Cabinet Ministers, over the public address system, who were special invitees to the gala opening ceremony that was planned for the evening Abeynayake said. We were certain that this was a gimmick by the management to lure unsuspecting customers.No sooner they declared open the Karoake bar we raided the place. The owner was arrested as he did not possess a licence to sell liquor. Later he ws released on personal bail along with the bevy of girls".
SSP Abeynayake said this is only the tip of the iceberg. There are many karoake bars mushrooming in Colombo and its suburbs patronised by people of influence, but these are only a cover vice trade.
(http://www.island.lk/2004/09/22/news6.html)
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