In a shocking incident, police in Uttarakhand's Haridwar apprehended a man, Sajjan Kumar, for possessing a large quantity of liquor hidden on his person. The incident has gone viral on social media, with X, formerly Twitter, users sharing a video of the arrest.
The police seized around 48 liquor bottles from were confiscated from Kumar roaming in Uttarakhand's Haridwar. According to the police, bottles of illicit liquor were hidden on his body parts.
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The accused, identified as Sajjan Kumar, had 48 bottles of adulterated liquor from the police officials. Police officials reported that the liquor bottles were cleverly hidden underneath Kumar's clothes. The viral video appears to show officers asking Kumar to remove the bottles from various concealed locations on his body.
Recently, the tribal areas of Uttarakhand, which included Bangoti, Bandarah and Timra, banned the consumption of alcohol, cannabis, opium, smack, etc.