Summary:
Following the Rangragini Bouncers Group’s footsteps, a few other groups too have started training woman bouncers in Pune. More than 500 women bouncers in Pune are now working as bodyguards, managing events, fairs, functions and political rallies, and sharing the load of the overburdened police force. “More than five years ago, I saw how women bouncers were limited to only pubs in Mumbai to keep the crowd in check. On Mahashivratri, 45 women bouncers had helped to manage a five lakh-strong crowd that had turned up for darshan at Wagholi temple, drawing huge public appreciation. While the concept of women bouncers is not new to Maharashtra — in Mumbai they had established themselves more than five years ago – it had remained alien to Pune..