Several states and doctors would prefer a calibrated approach to liquor access rather than a complete ban on sale On 12 April, a video of a young man distributing free whisky to daily- wage workers in Hyderabad went viral on social media.
The man, identified simply as Kumar, later told a news agency that he wanted to help out people suffering from alcohol withdrawal symptoms. “Yesterday, I had noticed that a woman was suffering from convulsions due to alcohol (withdrawal)," he said. “I had a bottle at my residence.
So I thought of distributing pegs to such people (addicts)." The man, who was subsequently detained by the police, has been variously described as “crazy", “fame-hungry" and “dev maanush" (godsent) by social media users.