Hyderabad, Jan. 28 -- Stall owners of Hyderabad's biggest exhibition, known popularly as Numaish, are reluctant to come back next year despite its glitz and glamour, but it's not the city folks' bargaining that's driving them away.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Hyderabadis flock to the All-India Industrial Exhibition in Nampally for the promise of a day full of shopping, eating and merrymaking. However, for some people who put up a stall, it's a different experience.

Among the heaps of shops selling Kashmiri and Lucknowi kurtis, dry fruits and bed sheets lies a troubling practice of black marketing and exorbitant rent prices, making sellers second-guess their investments at Hyderabad's beloved exhibition.

"I have been coming her...