Tamil Nadu man makes illicit liquor, shares video on TikTok; gets arrested

Poonchoolai, also known as Tamilselvan, a resident of Therku Poigainallur area of Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district, was arrested on Monday for producing illicit country-made liquor and uploading a video of the act on TikTok - a popular video-sharing social networking service - amid a nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown.

Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu):A man was arrested on Monday from Velankanni town of Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district for producing illicit country-made liquor and uploading a video of the act on TikTok - a popular video-sharing social networking service - amid a nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown.

Poonchoolai, also known as Tamilselvan, a resident of Therku Poigainallur, had made the entire set up to prepare the liquor in the backyard of his residence.

His act wasn’t noticed by the police until he decided to share a video of him making the illicit liquor on TikTok.

Acting upon the video, the local police arrested him.

Containers and other materials used for the thwarted bid to make liquor were seized by the police.

The closure of liquor shops amid a nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus disease has so far claimed six lives in the state of Tamil Nadu, with alcoholics resorting to drinking spurious liquor or consuming other potentially life-threatening alternatives in a desperate bid to satisfy their craving.