Pune pubs wear a deserted look after Porsche incident. Entrepreneur shares videos

Once the hub of bustling parties and fancy brunches, Pune pubs and clubs are wearing a deserted look after the Porsche incident where a 17-year-old mowed down two software engineers in an inebriated state. The incident, which sparked massive outrage online, has been directly responsible for clubs and pubs in the Maharashtra city exercising greater caution in following the law.

Pune based entrepreneur and fitness influencer Chirag Barjatya shared a video of various pubs in the city looking empty after the Porsche incident. Barjatya said that the target crowd of these establishments – high school and college students – are no longer being allowed entry.

In Maharashtra, the legal drinking age is 25. This law, however, was hardly being followed until the outrage generated by the Porsche case, where the minor responsible for killing two software engineers was filming drinking at a pub before the accident. The 17-year-old reportedly spent Rs 48,000 at the pub before getting behind the wheel of his luxury car and speeding into two people who lost their lives in the accident.

“Pune clubs are empty. The crowd that used to party the most (high school kids and college kids) are not even being allowed to enter. They have stopped serving alcohol in the clubs except near the bar area. Even 40-50 years old people are being asked to show IDs for entry,” Barjatya, founder of PFC Club, wrote on X.