Chaotic scenes were witnessed on the streets of Hyderabad on Tuesday night, where a promotional offer for free Haleem at a local hotel on the first roza of Ramzan caused hundreds of people to throng the eatery. This resulted in police intervention and subsequent use lathicharge to disperse the crowd.
According to reports, the hotel roped in local food bloggers to promote the free haleem offer on their social media channels. The hotel offered free haleem for an hour between 7 pm and 8 pm on Tuesday. The offer lured hundreds of people, causing the situation to escalate beyond the hotel's control. The crowd even disrupted the traffic.
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Police called in to control situation
In response to the escalating situation, the police were called to the scene. The sheer magnitude of the crowd prompted the use of lathicharge to disperse the crowd and to control the situation. The Malakpet police registered a case against the owner the hotel for creating nuisance because of the promotional offer.
