Pakistan cops detain 19 eatery staffers after being denied free burgers; face suspension

A group of police officers in Pakistan detained 19 workers of a fast-food restaurant after y refused to give free burgers. employees of Johnny & Jugnu restaurant were locked up for almost 7 hours in night. restaurant released a statement on Facebook, which said, "This is t first time something like this has happened with our kitchen teams at our restaurant, but we want to make sure this is last." 

Police detain 19 workers of a restaurant in Pakistan

food joint Johnny & Jugnu in a Facebook post on June 12 said that police officers h gone to restaurant two days before incident and asked for free burgers. staff rejected ir request for free burgers after which police officers threatened manrs. police officers on June 11 emptied entire branch and took all of kitchen crew including manrs of restaurant. restaurant also said staff were t allowed to close down kitchen, leaving "fryers still running, customers waiting for ir orders". employees were locked up and harassed for 7 hours for t meeting ir request, restaurant said in a statement. 

According to statement from Police, police officers involved in incident have been suspended. Punjab Police Official on his official Twitter handle anunced that IG Punjab Inam Ghani has taken tice of Johnny and Jugnu restaurant incident. He has suspended SHO Defence C and staff of police station involved. post furr mentioned that " one is allowed to take law into his own hands." 

food joint published ar statement after action was taken against police officers. restaurant in statement said that y were ''relieved and happy'' that IG and DIG took cognizance of incident. y furr said that action has helped m in restoring faith in system. y hoped that one is allowed to misuse ir power against people especially small and local businesses who work hard.

IIM: AP/Johnny&Jugnu/Facebook