Not on one count, but at least on five counts, the Excise Department has shut the iconic Glenary’s bar in Darjeeling for three months, The Indian Express has learnt.

On Monday, a team of the West Bengal Excise Department raided the 150-year-old eatery, situated in the heart of Darjeeling and owned by Ajoy Edwards, the founder of the Indian Gorkha Janshakti Front (IGJF).

As the Excise team left after ordering the shutdown of the bar, the officials maintained that one of the violations was Rule 239 of the West Bengal Excise Foreign Liquor Rules, 1998, which requires permission from the Collector of Excise for holding live band or musical performances.

However, the ordersheet states that the eatery violated on four more counts:

Non-maintenance of regular, accurate accounts with non-attest

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