<p>A grocery store owner has been arrested in northern Bengaluru's Sunkadakatte for selling cigarettes at exorbitant prices.</p>.<p>CCB police inspector V M Guruprasad on Wednesday got a tip-off that Nandha Kumar, the owner of Dhanyam Traders store on Tent Road, Srinivasa Nagar, was charging more than the MRP for cigarettes.</p>.<p>A team headed by the inspector went to the store to confirm this. One of the policemen posing as a customer asked for a pack of cigarettes. Kumar asked him to pay more than the MRP. Other policemen then walked into the shop and seized cigarette packets and other tobacco products.</p>.<p>Guruprasad than filed a police complaint. He said Kumar was also selling a few brands of cigarettes that didn't have the specified health warning. What's more, his shop is located near to an educational institution. </p>.<p>Kamakshipalya police have taken up a case under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) and IPC section 188 for violating prohibitory order, and arrested Kumar.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Ciggies sold at home</p>.<p>In a separate raid, Vijayanagar police arrested Ramamurthy (40), of Panchasheela Nagar in Vijayanagar, for selling cigarettes at his home. Sub-inspector Nagesh M E and his team found 390 packets of cigarettes worth over Rs 40,000 during the raid. </p>
<p>A grocery store owner has been arrested in northern Bengaluru's Sunkadakatte for selling cigarettes at exorbitant prices.</p>.<p>CCB police inspector V M Guruprasad on Wednesday got a tip-off that Nandha Kumar, the owner of Dhanyam Traders store on Tent Road, Srinivasa Nagar, was charging more than the MRP for cigarettes.</p>.<p>A team headed by the inspector went to the store to confirm this. One of the policemen posing as a customer asked for a pack of cigarettes. Kumar asked him to pay more than the MRP. Other policemen then walked into the shop and seized cigarette packets and other tobacco products.</p>.<p>Guruprasad than filed a police complaint. He said Kumar was also selling a few brands of cigarettes that didn't have the specified health warning. What's more, his shop is located near to an educational institution. </p>.<p>Kamakshipalya police have taken up a case under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) and IPC section 188 for violating prohibitory order, and arrested Kumar.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Ciggies sold at home</p>.<p>In a separate raid, Vijayanagar police arrested Ramamurthy (40), of Panchasheela Nagar in Vijayanagar, for selling cigarettes at his home. Sub-inspector Nagesh M E and his team found 390 packets of cigarettes worth over Rs 40,000 during the raid. </p>
