Thanks most likely to a misunderstanding of orders given by newly-appointed commissioner of police Sanjay Barve, bar and restaurant owners in the city are quaking in their boots. Barve had issued a strict diktat, asking for stringent action to be taken against police officers going soft on eating and drinking establishments and allowing them to operate beyond the 1:30 am deadline. Instead, several officers have allegedly been terrorising the establishments into closing early to follow 'sahab's orders'.

Ever since Barve's appointment, local cops have allegedly been landing up at bars and restaurants late at night for surprise checks, fearing departmental inquiry for not keeping them in order. In doing so, they are putting undue pressure on the establishments by deploying additional teams to go there and force them to shut shop way before the 1.30 am closing time. All the teams are saying is - sahab ka order hai (sir's orders).