When five-year-old Nagpada resident Tithi Jain pleaded with her father for a drink of lassi last morning, she did not anticipate that an extremely unpalatable experience that lay in store. Tithi’s father Arvind Jain bought her a bottle of lassi from the Aarey booth close to Charni Road railway station, but as soon as she took a sip or two, she was overcome with nausea. Her father soon traced the cause of his daughter’s revulsion – to three nails inside the bottle.

Tithi Jain’s taste buds told her something was wrong, and her father soon found some nails (circled) in the bottle. (Below) Keshav Giri the vendor at Aarey stall number 103 at Marine Lines. Pics/Suresh KK

Tithi is a senior KG student at SKI Jain High School at Marine Lines. “I stopped my two-wheeler in front of the Aarey stall, near Charni Road station. After having a few sips, she stopped and returned the bottle to me saying that she felt like throwing up. Ignoring her, I took the bottle and gulped down what was left, and was alarmed to see three nails at the bottom,” said Jain.