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Massive violence erupted in a nightclub in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra wherein bouncers brutally thrashed a group of drunk youngsters with sticks. According to reports, the incident took place on June 22 at Zorro: The Luxury Night Club in Taj Nagri, phase 2, and was triggered by a Russian pole dance in the nightclub.
The viral video shows one of the bouncers hitting young boys with sticks while another holds two boys by their necks. As the video progresses, the bouncers can be seen kicking the drunk boys out of the club. “Andar jaao andar jaao saare (Go inside, all of you go inside),” a woman can be heard pleading in the video.
Sharing the video on X, a user Sachin Gupta wrote, “Drunk dancing customers in a nightclub in Agra clashed with each other. Bouncers used ‘mild force’ to control them. This nightclub opened a month ago. First, a video of a hookah bar went viral. Then a video of a Russian pole dance was seen. Now a fight has taken place.”
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Soon after the video went viral, Agra Police arrested three bouncers and the manager of the nightclub. “Taking cognizance of the viral video of the beating by the bouncers in the club, Tajganj police station arrested 3 bouncers and one manager. A case is being registered against those who committed the incident. Efforts are being made to identify and arrest the remaining accused,” the deputy commissioner of police of Agra city said in a video.
Shared on June 23, the fight video amassed over 1,59,000 views as social media users reacted to it. A user wrote, “That bar should be investigated. Whether adequate standards have been met to run a bar or not. I feel something else is going on under the guise of a bar.” Another user commented, “It is important to show the best of western culture to the youth through such bouncers.”
