The authorities of a cinema hall in Guwahati have been asked to compensate a woman who had to undergo treatment after being bitten by a rat while watching a movie five years ago.
Disposing of her case, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kamrup, on April 25 directed officials of Guwahati’s Galleria Cinema to pay the woman a total of ₹67,282.48 as reimbursement for her medical expenses, compensation for pain and mental agony, and the cost of proceedings in the case.
The woman, an academic, had approached the consumer’s forum against the cinema hall operators for deficiency in service, after she was bitten on the foot during a movie show.
