Police launches probe into thugs at House of Fashio Police investigation has been launched into an incident where a customer was assaulted by a group of employees of the House of Fashion clothing store in Bambalapitiya.
This incident is said to have happened on the day before yesterday (21).
It was reported that the assault had taken place during an argument between the employees and a customer regarding a vehicle that was parked blocking the road.
Several users published posts on social media regarding the incident and some of them are shown below.
The House of Fashion staff is infested with THUGS. I myself have experienced a terrible verbal assault, threatening physical harm by a supervisor. When complained the manager defended the staff. It is a nice shopping place with the worst kind of staff you could imagine. Tragedy https://t.co/UYb43DRktW
Two employees of House of Fashion at Bambalapitiya who were injured during the recent brawl that took place with a customer have been admitted to the hospital.
During the conflict, the employees kicked and beat up the customer with sticks while the customer also attacked the employees.
The Bambalapitiya Police are investigating the incident and they have recorded statements from the customers yesterday (23). They are a couple residing in Maharagama.
Statements were recorded from the employees as well.
However, no one has been arrested in connection with this incident so far.
Cause of the brawl..
On January 21, a customer has complained that his vehicle had been blocked by another vehicle in the car park.
The vehicle owner blocking the customer’s car has parked the car in House of Fashion “parking” and had gone to another location.
Therefore, the customer had gone and complained to House of Fashion along with his wife resulting in an argument which had led to the brawl.
Excuses..
Meanwhile, the House of Fashion issued a statement yesterday (23).
It said, “We feel this incident has badly impacted our goodwill with the customers. We at House of Fashion always make sure that we do our best to protect our customers and do the best customer service at all times.”
One sided CCTV..
Meanwhile, House of Fashion had released CCTV footage obtained from one side to several media outlets.