2 vendors booked for not displaying ‘identity’

An eatery owner and another man to whom a kiosk was rented out on the eatery premises have been booked for allegedly not displaying the “actual identity” of the latter at Narsan in Haridwar district, police officers aware of the matter said on Saturday.

- Amit Bathla

An FIR was registered under sections 270 (public nuisance), 318 (1) (cheating), 319 (1) (cheating by personation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Manglaur police station against Ashok Kumar, the owner of Gupta Chaat Bhandar and resident of Haridwar's Manglaur, and Gulfam (goes by single name), who was running the stall on the Kumar's premises and a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, they added.

“We have booked two people for impersonation and cheating for misrepresentation of ownership of the food stall at the eatery,” said superintendent of police (rural) SC Suyal.

According to police, the food stall run by Gulfam on the eatery premises didn’t display his own identity but that of Gupta Chaat Bhandar. Kumar was booked for letting Gulfam use his property without displaying the latter’s identity, they added.