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The discounted saris were to be purchased from the KSIC outlet opposite Mysuru Zoo in Ittigegudu from 10am to 3pm. “They are cheating the women,” one of them alleged.The CM arrived in the afternoon and gave the saris to the first five customers; they could not choose their sarees though. But that did not materialise and the offer was renewed ahead of the Gowri-Ganesh festival on Wednesday and Thursday. Customers squabbled as names were registered; many complained that the authorities had promised sarees to all but later asked for Aadhaar cards without any intimation, forcing many to return home. MYSURU: A festival offer of Mysuru Silk saris at discounted prices sparked a melee in the heart of the city as thousands of women queued up at the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd (KSIC) outlet from 5am Tuesday and jostled for a place even before the store opened.Matters got out of hand as authorities sought a photocopy of Aadhaar cards from customers without prior intimation and scrapped the proposed lottery system to choose beneficiaries on first-come-first-served basis instead..