1 week ago
Five Booked After Alleged Assault Over Cold Samosas
A customer named Shiv Shankar Singh bought samosas and sweets from a shop.
He said the samosas were cold and asked the workers to heat them.
An argument began between Singh and the workers.
The shop owner, Gupteshwar Singh, then came to the shop.
Singh alleged that the owner and other people assaulted him.
He said he contacted the police but did not receive the help he wanted.
He later went to court, which led police to register a case against five people.
Police are now investigating what happened.
Police registered a case against five people following a customer’s assault allegation.
Advocate Shiv Shankar Singh said he requested that two cold samosas be heated.
The dispute occurred at an eatery owned by Gupteshwar Singh in Jalupura market.
Singh said the owner and others assaulted him after arguments over the request.
Chaubeypur police registered the case last Friday on court orders, and an investigation is underway.
- Who
- Advocate and complainant Shiv Shankar Singh accused shop owner Gupteshwar Singh and others; police registered a case against five people.
- What
- A case was registered after Singh alleged he was assaulted during a dispute over cold samosas.
- Where
- At an eatery in Jalupura market, within the Chaubeypur police station area near Varanasi.
- When
- The alleged incident occurred in February; the case was registered last Friday, five months after Singh approached the judiciary.
- Why
- The dispute began after Singh asked employees to heat samosas he said were cold.
Key facts
- Complainant
- Shiv Shankar Singh, an advocate
- Shop owner
- Gupteshwar Singh
- Purchase
- Two samosas and two pieces of barfi
- Number booked
- Five people
- Case registration
- Chaubeypur police registered the case last Friday on court orders
- Cited provisions
- Police cited BNS sections 19(2), 115(2), 352 and 35, among others
- Current status
- Police said the investigation is underway
Quotes
Advocate Shiv Shankar Singh
complainant and lawyer
“I had gone to Chandauli in February for some work and stopped at a shop in Jalupura market while returning. I ordered two samosas and two pieces of barfi from a shop owned by Gupteshwar Singh.”
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“Are you the collector that you should be given hot samosas?”
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