<p>A bar hotel at Kochi in Kerala was booked on charges of deploying women, including foreigners, as bartenders.</p>.<p>A recently renovated dance pub of a bar hotel near the Cochin Shipyard had deployed foreign women as bartenders. Wide publicity was also given to the opening of the renovated bar that was reopened on Saturday.</p>.<p>Excise department sources said that the Kerala Abkari rules did not allow deploying women as bartenders. A bar hotel in Thiruvananthapuram had received an exemption from court for deploying women to serve liquor. But it was not applicable for all.</p>.<p>An excise team carried out a search at the bar on Monday night and registered a case against the hotel authorities.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>A bar hotel at Kochi in Kerala was booked on charges of deploying women, including foreigners, as bartenders.</p>.<p>A recently renovated dance pub of a bar hotel near the Cochin Shipyard had deployed foreign women as bartenders. Wide publicity was also given to the opening of the renovated bar that was reopened on Saturday.</p>.<p>Excise department sources said that the Kerala Abkari rules did not allow deploying women as bartenders. A bar hotel in Thiruvananthapuram had received an exemption from court for deploying women to serve liquor. But it was not applicable for all.</p>.<p>An excise team carried out a search at the bar on Monday night and registered a case against the hotel authorities.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
