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• Couldn’t smoke, men kill bar manager 

Jump to full article: Hindustan Times, 2009-10-02
Author: G. Mohiuddin Jeddy , Hindustan Times

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A day before the first anniversary of the ban on smoking in public places, a restaurant manager from Panvel in Navi Mumbai, was killed following a brawl with customers who did not want to comply with the ban.

Forty-five-year-old Mehboob Deshmukh was beaten to death by customers at Himalay Punjab Beer Bar and Restaurant on Wednesday night because they wanted to smoke but waiters would not let them.

Mumbai has registered 60 per cent compliance with the ban since it was imposed on October 2, 2008. Of the 22,275 persons fined across the country for violating the ban, 3,690 were from Maharashtra.

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