There was smoke all over the place, some hookahs in vibrant colours were kept neatly on a table with men and women sitting around taking long puffs from the hookahs as music played on. Loads of beer, with other high-end brands of liquor flowed freely. This was the scene at a rave party organised on Tuesday night inside a restaurant, flouting lockdown guidelines.

Then a team of men in khaki entered the restaurant Playque in Paschim Vihar East in Outer Delhi. Everything stood still, the dance stopped and the music died. Station House Officer Krishan Ballav Jha with his team spent the next few minutes rounding up people and taking down their names.