Foreigner charged Rs 10,000 for samosas

SONEPUT (Bihar): Two foreigners were saved from being duped of Rs 10,000 for consuming just four 'samosas' at the world famous Sonepur cattle fair in Bihar, thanks to community policing.
      
"The two foreigners had come to the fair after visiting Bhutan and were saved by our special police officer (SPO) Alokik Kumar whom they approached to know if the four small samosas they ate could cost Rs 10,000," sub-divisional police officer (Sonepur) Prantosh Kumar Das said over the phone on Sunday.
      
Das said the foreigners had visited the food stall where the vendor who told them in broken English that the samosas were especially made using top quality Indian herbs which were good for health.
      
The hungry foreigners consumed four samosas and the vendor seeing currency notes of Rs 1,000 in their possession charged them Rs 10,000, a whopping amount of Rs 2,500 for each samosa. The foreigners after a long argument had to pay the amount, he said.
      
While returning to their lodging they met Kumar to whom they narrated the story. The SPO took them to the stall and forced the vendor to return Rs 9,990 to the foreigners after deducting Rs 10, the actual cost of the samosas.
      
However, the stall owner could not be arrested as he has been absconding since the incident three days ago, Das said.