Two women from Punjab who had become bouncers at a nightclub here a few months ago, a rarity in the country, have been fired all of a sudden. They have been charged with dancing in a rival nightclub, but one of them says the real reason is envy of their popularity.
Amandeep Kaur, 22, who hails from a village in Punjab’s Barnala district was standing tall among her male counterparts in Score nightclub a month ago. She became the first female bouncer here in June.
Following in her footsteps at the same nightclub was Manpreet Johal, 20, from the district of Gurdaspur in Punjab.
The appointments attracted media attention in India and abroad. The two bouncers reportedly started getting job offers from around the world.
Johal told IANS she did not know why she had been sacked. “I do not know the actual reasons of expelling us from the job. It was all due to some serious misunderstanding between the Score authorities and us.
“I owe all my success and limelight to Score, as whatever I am today is because of this nightclub. It is really ruthless on the authorities’ part, the manner in which they have unceremoniously thrown us without citing any appropriate reason.
“It all happened a month back but at that time, they had suspended me for just one month and I was hopeful to join the job after this period. However, everything is over now and Score’s doors are permanently closed to me.”
Johal said, “Actually, the authorities were not happy with us as we were giving interviews to media and trying to clear the misunderstanding through it. Besides, there were some male colleagues jealous of our publicity and fame that we gained in a short span of two-three months. All these things collectively cost us our jobs.”
“Both the girls were disobedient and quite unprofessional in their approach towards the job right from day one. Despite repeated warnings they were not ready to amend their wayward behaviour,” Anupama Bhardwaj, managing director of Score, told IANS.
“They were caught dancing in some other nightclub during their duty hours that is strictly prohibited for our employees. Earlier also they had been caught in other clubs during their duty hours. That prompted us to immediately terminate their services as they were setting a bad example to other employees,” said Bhardwaj.
By Alkesh Sharma
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