Five dozen employees of the high-end lounge-bar-restaurant, Illuminati, at Bandra-Kurla Complex, which downed its shutters on December 18, are still doing the rounds of the head office in Andheri trying to get the management to pay their salaries and service charge (the tip component included in bills by most restaurants) pending since November.

Having not received their salary of two months, several employees living in rented accommodation in Mumbai and Thane are struggling to make ends meet, while the locals are finding it difficult to pay their children's monthly school fees and attending to the needs of their family members. Finally, fed up of being fobbed off for the nth time by AGA Hospitality Private Limited with 'will settle dues in 15 days', they called the police on Monday.