SAHIWAL: Farid Town police booked a man for hooliganism, thrashing small shopkeepers and displaying a weapon over a trifle in Farid Town.

The report said Fawad alias Billu along with his son, Hamza Fawad, a resident of U-Block, Farid Town, went to a shop near Masjid Shuhada to buy a cigarette pack. The shopkeeper charged Rs250 and returned him Rs750.

Billu accused the shopkeeper of charging Rs20 extra and the shopkeeper explained to him the new rate.

Billu was allegedly under the influence and he started shouting. The shopkeeper, realising the situation, returned him Rs20. The eyewitnesses said Billu was infuriated and started smashing glass bottles. Later, he brought out his 30-bore pistol and pointed it at the shopkeeper. Billu also thrashed and scuffled with the shopkeepers who had gathered there.

The local shopkeepers protested and shared the CCTV footage of the incident with police who booked the suspect on the complaint of Muhammad Shafiq, thefather ofthe shopkeeper.