Man Posing As Milkman Tries To Smuggle Whiskey Bottles In Milk Cans, Gets Busted By Delhi Cops

In most parts of the country, alcohol stores have been shut post the lockdown and this has spelt doom for tipplers and others who are addicted. While some states like Kerala and Punjab made provisions to include alcohol as an essential commodity, many states didn¡¯t follow the same alcohol policy.

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Heck! Kerala even made it possible for tipplers with withdrawal symptoms to avail alcohol with the help of special passes or medical reasons, a move which drew the ire of the medical community in the state. Amid the 21-day nationwide lockdown, which began on March 25, the doctors have witnessed a sudden surge in patients facing alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

With alcohol supplies running dry in states across the country some have resorted to bootlegging liquor for a high price. More recently, Delhi Police caught a man from UP trying to smuggle liquor under the garb of milk bottles.

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According to an India Today report, the man named Bobby Chaudhry, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr was caught speeding past a police picket in New Delhi's South Avenue. The cops grew suspicious and stopped him. On inspecting him, the police found seven bottles of whiskey¡ªincluding one broken one. Hewas caught near Rashtrapati with bottles of Royal Green Classic Blended 750 ml each.

According to the Times of India report, the residents of Noida alleged that sellers are selling a pack cigarettes at Rs 500, which comes at Rs 350, while loose cigarettes, which come at Rs 17 are being sold between Rs 20 to Rs 25.

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Noida residents, as reported by Times Of India, said that he contacted a trader who charged him Rs 3,000 for a 750 ml bottle of 100 Pipers, just double the amount it was sold for in liquor shops, at Rs 1,500. ¡°These traders bought liquor stocks from Delhi before the lockdown and hoarded the same. Also, Haryana and Delhi marked liquor is being sold at 12 places across the city, including sectors 5, 6 and 7, and in villages like Sorkha, Sarfabad, Chijarsi, Bhangel, Salarpur and Gejha,¡± he told TOI.

Apart from this, there have been several instances of alcohol thefts that have reported across states. For instance, in Maharashtra, four incidents of thefts were reported within a span of 48 hours from liquor shops and beer bars which are shut from March 18 after the government ordered the lockdown. The thieves ran away with liquor worth over Rs 1 lakh from all the four places.

In other cases, there have been reports of addicts committing suicide by drinking precarious alcohol alternatives. Kerala reported the highest cases of such suicides. There have even been reports of people drinking everything from aftershaves to nail varnish as a substitute for liquor.