Brush with Law During Lockdown: Salon Owner, Customers Booked
The police in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district have booked a hair salon owner and two of his customers for violation of lockdown.
Mumbai, Apr 18 (PTI) The police in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district have booked a hair salon owner and two of his customers for violation of lockdown.
The two customers were taken to the police station -- alongwith the salon owner -- half shaven with wet foam on their faces, said a local official.
Police received information on Friday morning that a salon owner had opened his shop in Deokar Panand area for two customers and reached the spot when shaves were underway.
The trio were taken to Juna Rajwada Police Station, and cases under section of 188 of IPC (defiance of public servant's order) as well as relevant sections of Mumbai Police Act and Disaster Management Act were registered against them.
They were allowed to go home later, the police official said.
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