Udupi: The election officials on Tuesday raided famous clothing shop of the District ‘Jayalaxmi’ in Udyawar on account of the tip and information received by them of the store selling ‘Modi Saris’ ahead of the Lok Sabha Election.

The store was reportedly selling saris that had printed images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and recent Balakot Air Strike.

According to the reports, working on a tip off the election officials reached the store to conduct the raid but owing to the resistance of the owner of the store the election squad had to get help from local police in conducting the raid.

During the raid which lasted for over 4 hours, the officials seized two saris with printed images of Modi and few with printed images of Balakot Airstrike.

Reports also suggest that the store had been already warned against selling the Modi saris which was being sold at the store from last two months.

A case has been registered at Kaup police station against the owner of the shop who is said to have escaped from the scene during the raid.

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Mumbai (PTI): A fire broke out at a commercial structure in Mumbai, damaging around 10 shops, officials said on Sunday.

There were no casualties in the blaze, which was reported at 11.31 pm on Saturday on D B Marg opposite a mall in the Mumbai Central area, they said.

The fire was confined to electric wiring, installations and equipment in around five large and seven small shops spread over nearly 5,000 sq ft on the ground and first floors of the structure, a civic official said.

Firefighters doused the blaze by 3.50 am on Sunday, the official said.

The cause of the fire was not yet known.