Store owners do all sorts of promotions in order to attract customers to their shop but sometimes, it can become problematic. One such case has come up in Kerala, where an electronics goods shop landed in trouble after it published an advertisement promising customers cashback of up to Rs 50,000 without GST if they tested COVID-19 positive within 24 hours of shopping. The electronics goods shop had published the advertisement in print, electronic, and digital mediums. A lawyer from Kottayam, upon seeing the advertisement, wrote a letter to the chief minister asking the offer to be deemed as unlawful and punishable. Police reached the venue to shut the retail outlet as soon as the matter was brought to the chief minister.

Source: dna August 18, 2020 19:18 UTC