Hyderabad duo serve liquor to poor laborers, arrested

HYDERABAD: Two men from the city wanted to emulate a person in Jalandhar by serving liquor to a group of persons during the lockdown and attain limelight by filming it. But, their video of serving liquor to labourers in Champapet had not only gone viral but also led to their arrest on Monday after Press Information of Bureau (PIB) alerted excise minister V Srinivas Goud.After nabbing Sanju Kumar and his accomplice Nitin, excise enforcement officials came to know that duo had videographed the act of serving liquor with an intention to become popular on social media platforms like TikTok and others.In the video, the duo was seen going to different places, near wine shops and toddy centres where some labourers were waiting in the hope that shutters would open.The duo served small pegs to each labourer and when some wanted more, the duo flatly refused citing they need to serve the liquor to others also. “The accused confessed that they were inspired by a similar video done by someone in Jalandhar,’’ officials said.One social media users brought it to the notice of PIB which, in turn, informed the minister. The excise officials of Saroornagar arrested nabbed Sanju and Nitin.Both were arrested under Section 34(A) of the Excise and Prohibition Act.