People buying alcohol get marked with ink in MP

People who have come to buy alcohol in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad were marked with indelible ink which according to the district Excise officer Abhishek Tiwari will help the administration to trace people in near future if needed.

Hoshangabad: District excise officer Abhishek Tiwari has opted indelible ink to keep of people purchasing liquor in Hoshangabad.

"The indelible ink is being applied to the index finger of buyers coming to purchase liquor, in Hoshangabad district. It's being done to trace people in near future if needed," Tiwari said.

"Besides, all the customers are being asked to put down their names, address and mobile number in the register kept at the liquor shops," he said.

He further said that though 50 liquor shops in non-containment zones have been opened, "no rush as such has been witnessed."

After the lockdown was extended till May 17, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued new guidelines allowing the opening of liquor shops.

(ANI report)