Delhi restaurant in saree row claims guest slapped its manager

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Published : Sep 23, 2021, 4:46 PM IST

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Delhi restaurant Aquila, which allegedly denied the entry to a woman wearing saree, has issued clarification in a statement as a response to the controversy. A guest visited the restaurant without reservation and while we were discussing the issue, the guest entered the restaurant and began to abuse our staff, said the statement

New Delhi: Delhi restaurant Aquila, which allegedly denied the entry to a woman wearing saree, has issued clarification and responded to the controversy.

Aquila took to its Instagram account to say that it is a home grown brand that believes in honouring the Indian community and has always welcomed their guests in all dress codes from modern to traditional. "We believe in utmost transparency and are hence attaching snippets of people who have visited our restaurant in a traditional dress code previously," added the restaurant in the statement.

"A guest visited the restaurant and was politely requested to wait at the gate as there was no reservation under her name. However, while we discussed internally as to where we could seat them, the guest entered the restaurant and began to abuse our staff. What unfolded after was beyond our imagination, with the guest slapping our manager," the restaurant claimed in the statement.

It said further that to tackle the situation and the guest to leave, one of our staff made a statement that saree is not a part of our smart causal dress code and our whole team apologises for the same.

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However, Anita Choudhary, the woman who was denied entry to the restaurant, has a different story to tell. She told IANS that all allegations are baseless and the video released by the restaurant is fabricated.

She said, "I never pushed any of their staff. No video footage shows that I pushed any of them."

On Wednesday, Anita Chaudhry herself uploaded a video in which a restaurant staff can be seen saying that they don't allow women wearing saree as it is not a smart outfit.

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