<p>A vendor at the Lalbagh Botanical Garden was arrested for “spitting” into the cooking oil he used to make popcorn, police said.</p>.<p>The vendor, however, told the police that the allegation was not true and that he was only tearing open the pouch with his teeth. </p>.<p>The arrested is Navaz Pasha, 21, a resident of Someshwara Nagar, Jayanagar 1st Block. Constable Mallinath from the Siddapura police station, who was on patrol duty in Lalbagh on Saturday morning, noticed a crowd near the Glass House.</p>.<p>He found people had surrounded the popcorn vendor and were scolding him for spitting a few times into the oil. Mallinath detained Pasha and alerted his seniors. An additional force was sent to the spot to maintain pace. A popcorn-making machine, cooking oil and popcorn were seized. </p>.<p>Police said that since Pasha’s act (of cutting the pouch with his teeth) was unhygienic, they took up a suo moto case and arrested him. </p>
<p>A vendor at the Lalbagh Botanical Garden was arrested for “spitting” into the cooking oil he used to make popcorn, police said.</p>.<p>The vendor, however, told the police that the allegation was not true and that he was only tearing open the pouch with his teeth. </p>.<p>The arrested is Navaz Pasha, 21, a resident of Someshwara Nagar, Jayanagar 1st Block. Constable Mallinath from the Siddapura police station, who was on patrol duty in Lalbagh on Saturday morning, noticed a crowd near the Glass House.</p>.<p>He found people had surrounded the popcorn vendor and were scolding him for spitting a few times into the oil. Mallinath detained Pasha and alerted his seniors. An additional force was sent to the spot to maintain pace. A popcorn-making machine, cooking oil and popcorn were seized. </p>.<p>Police said that since Pasha’s act (of cutting the pouch with his teeth) was unhygienic, they took up a suo moto case and arrested him. </p>