The police on Wednesday booked a person, who runs a cloth shop, on the complaints of customers who felt cheated and disappointed as the shopkeeper had offered a heavy discount on women dresses but instead of keeping his promise he closed his shop, which is situated on the Banga Road here.
A huge crowd of customers from parts of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Chandigarh and various other districts were shocked as the shopkeeper downed the shutters of the shop in the early morning. The customers were infuriated and held a protest and raised slogans.
According to information received, the owner (shopkeeper) of Ashu’s Hatti had announced on social media that a suit priced above Rs 5,000 would be sold for just Rs 395 for two hours in the morning — from 3am to 5am.
The lure drew a large number of women along with their families, who started reaching the place from the previous night. Around 700 tokens were issued by the shopkeeper, but, as everyone was in hurry to avail the offer first, it led to chaos in the shop and he had to drive them out of the shop and close it.
The customers staged a dharna in front of the shop, leading to traffic disruption on the Phagwara-Chandigarh road. At dawn, a huge crowd gathered there, which left people living nearby wondering what was happening there.
As soon as the incident was reported, SHO (City) Surjit Singh and PCR in-charge Shuminder Singh Bhatti along with a large number of police force rushed to the spot and tried to calm down the customers. But the people who came from far-off places were not ready to calm down, so the police had to deploy a force in front of the shop to avoid any damage to it.
