Ten employees of TASMAC held for attacking customer

COIMBATORE: Ten employees of a TASMAC retail outlet near Lakshmi Mill Bus Stop in Coimbatore were arrested on Sunday evening for attacking an advocate who came to purchase alcohol.
Interestingly, the attack took place because of just Rs 5 the staff tried to charge for a water bottle.
D Ravichandran, a 40-year-old advocate, had gone to a TASMAC shop and purchased a water bottle along with a bottle of liquor.His plan was to dilute the liquor at the shop itself and consume it there. The staff there demanded Rs 20 from him for the water bottle though the maximum retail price printed on it was Rs 15. When he refused to give the amount, the entire staff at the outlet-cum-bar started engaging in a war of words with him.
They abused him verbally. The owner of the outlet entered the scene later and he joined the workers in physically attacking the advocate. In the process, they even snatched his gold chain worth four and a half sovereigns. His mobile phone was also taken away.
Based on a complaint lodged by the lawyer at Race Course police station, police arrested R Sathya, 23, A Mohammad Arif, 41, B Kannan, 28, K Karthick, 23, R Raghu, 23, M Pavithran, 23 A Hussain 23, M Sathish, 23, S Pandian, 27, N Karuna, 23. However, bar owner Ganesan is absconding.