ERNAKULAM: A man trekked through the rolling hills of Kerala's Wayanad some days ago to buy alcohol in a border village located far away in Karnataka.
His plan failed as the village by then became a containment zone, shutting down its liquor shops. His search continued the next day as he walked to a different liquor store in another border village.
Before he could reach, someone from Kerala, supposedly skipping home quarantine, got there, which led to forced closure of its shutters too.
On the third day of his quest, he asked a friend across the border to get him a bottle, after which he reached the border point, crossed a paddy field and collected his hard-earned bottle from the friend.