Liquor worth Rs 52,841 was purchased from a shop named Vanilla Spirit Zone in Bengaluru. The bill’s picture has been doing the rounds of the internet since Monday evening. Abhishek Baadkar, a Twitter user, shared a picture of the bill, saying, “Someone spent his month’s salary today”.
Long queues were seen outside standalone liquor shops across several states on Monday as people lined up from early morning. In order to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, liquor shops have been directed to abide by certain guidelines of social distancing.
However, several liquor shops shut down in Delhi as large crowds ignored social distancing norms.
Liquor shops shut down all over India after the nationwide lockdown was announced on March 24. The coronavirus lockdown has been extended for the third time and will continue till May 17