LUCKNOW, Sept. 2 -- The inspector of Vibhuti Khand police station, Sunil Kumar Singh, and Summit Building outpost in-charge, Surya Sen Kumar Singh, stand suspended. This follows brazen attacks at The Hype Room at the Summit Building and at the nearby club, Tickled Pink, in Vibhuti Khand.

According to a Lucknow police statement, senior officials acknowledged the episodes as a "serious lapse in policing."

"Such negligence will not be tolerated. Strong action will follow against anyone found complicit," said DCP, East, Shashank Singh.

In one case, drunk goons shot at a youth returning from a party. In the other case, a public relations manager was attacked with a pistol butt while returning from a bar. The man received serious head injuri...