Mumbai: Cops stop Rs 10 saree sale as hundreds of women gather

ULHASNAGAR: Police stopped a week-day sale of sarees by a shopkeeper here after hundreds of women reportedly turned up on Saturday.
Ashwin Sakhare, whose owns Rang Creation in Gajanan Market, was selling sarees, which cost him Rs 90, for only Rs 10. The offer was so popular that police intervened on the fourth day as they feared a law and order problem.

Sakhare told TOI, "Since we earn money from customers for the entire year, as a social welfare move, I decided to give some sarees from my profits to customers, which cost Rs 90 for only Rs 10." The shopkeeper said he had started the sale on June 5 and it got so popular that on Saturday morning he and his staff found it difficult to handle the crowd. They requested customers to stand in a queue but when police learned about the huge line outside the shop, they rushed to the spot. When they found many customers were senior citizens and they were having arguments with each other, police requested Sakhare to cancel the offer. Despite the announcement by the shopkeeper and police, the crowd refused to budge, so police had to close the shop for the day.

Janabai Jadhav, a customer from Ambernath who had gone to buy sarees, said, "After waiting for two hours, when my turn came, police and the shopkeeper closed the shop. My neighbour bought a saree." Another woman said she bought seven sarees, of which she got one for Rs 10, while the others were from Rs70-120 at the shop.
Sakhare said they sold over 2,000 sarees for Rs 10 each in four days.