Uttarakhand man detained for drunk ruckus hours after he became millionaire

A man from the Roshanabad area won more than Rs 1 crore in the online game Dream 11 and got heavily drunk to celebrate. He started causing a ruckus in an inebriated state.

Haridwar: A man was detained by the Sidkul police here hours after he became a millionaire. Identified as Mahesh Singh Dhami, the accused won more than Rs 1 crore in the online game Dream 11 on Thursday. To celebrate this sudden bounty of money, he called up a few of his friends to celebrate. He drank to his heart's content and got heavily inebriated

Not in his senses, a rich and happy Mahesh started causing a ruckus in his residential area. Though his family and friends tried to stop him from doing anything untoward as it was late at night, he did not listen. Some time later, Mahesh's neighbours also started getting bothered by the behaviour and asked him to stop.

Drunk on his pride, Mahesh got enraged. The objection by the neighbours did not stop him, but in fact, escalated his behaviour. He started causing even more of a ruckus after that. After a minor scuffle, the neighbours realised that the man is heavily drunk and that there's no use reasoning with him. The neighbours therefore called the police, asking them to take cognizance of the matter and get the man under control.

The Sidkul police immediately reached the spot, and considering that the man is not his senses, tried to reason with him. They asked him to behave and not bother the neighbours. Mahesh was however in no position to listen to anybody still, not even the police officers. The officials therefore took him to the police station, and tried to reason with him there as well, but in vain.

Taking a strict stance after enough efforts, the officials challaned him under the sections involving breach of peace. The accused then started abusing the police officials, threatening them, claiming that he is the relative of CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and has the power to put the officials at loss if they take action against him. He also allegedly asked them to take off their uniforms as he tried to pick a fight with them during the argument.

Sidkul Inspector Ramesh Tanwar said that after winning a crore rupees in Dream 11, about 96 lakh rupees were transferred in his account after the deduction of taxes. "After getting so much money, he was so happy that he drank heavily, after which he started creating a ruckus. He then started creating havoc under the influence of alcohol. He has been challaned for disturbing the peace. Mahesh Singh Dhami is a resident of Defense Colony, Navodaya Nagar, Roshanabad," he said.

Dream11 is a strategy-based online game where you can create a fantasy team of real players playing in real-life matches. After that, points are awarded based on the performance of the players in the live game. You get money based on the marks earned.