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Vendors ransack Reliance Fresh Ranchi outlets

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Press Trust of India Ranchi
Small traders, hawkers and  fruit and vegetable vendors yesterday vandalised three of five Reliance Fresh food outlets in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

They were protesting loss of business due to the launch of the modern retail chain, which they claim has resulted in a loss of livelihood.

Around 200 people barged into the stores, which sell grocery, fruits and vegetables and smashed window panes and trashed furniture.

A retail outlet at Lalupur Chowk was the first target, followed by one near Tagore hill and another near the Plaza cinema.

City Superintendent of Police Richard Lakra told PTI that the protesters pelted stones at the stores injuring a constable, when the police tried to stop them near the Tagore hill shop and also attacked and damaged passing vehicles.

Reliance Retail officials, however, declined to comment.

 
 

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First Published: May 13 2007 | 10:00 AM IST

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