YouTuber Distributes Beer in Haridwar's 'Dry Zone' to Gain Followers, Gets Arrested | WATCH

Haridwar: Uttarakhand Police, on Thursday, arrested a YouTuber Ankur Chaudhary, a resident of the Sidcul area, for allegedly distributing cans of beer in Haridwar's dry zone of Kankhal. The cops after detaining him made him issue a public apology after a video of him distributing beer in a restricted area made rounds on social media. 

Chaudhry was taken into custody, fined and made to apologise publicly for his conduct, police said.  Two days ago, a video circulated on social media in which Chaudhary was seen distributing beer for free in the Kankhal area to “increase subscribers” on his Instagram channel, they said. Consumption of meat and alcohol is banned in the Kankhal area of Haridwar.

Watching the video captioned 'Beer Challenge' caused anger among residents of the holy town with the pilgrimage priests demanding strict action against the YouTuber. Taking cognizance of the matter, police detained Chaudhary. He then apologised to the people for openly distributing beer for free in the area and said that such a mistake would not be repeated in future.  

A shirtless Chaudhary, in the video shared by X user Himalayan Hindu, could be heard as saying, “I've got a pack of six beer (cans). I got a lot of love from Kankal hence wanted to do something special.” Chaudhary could be allegedly seen placing the beer cans in the bushes for his followers.

Chaudhary who holds a law degree was also fined under the Police Act. Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police Pramod Dobhal said Haridwar is a centre of religious faith and such acts will not be tolerated here under any circumstances. (with PTI inputs)