People have their occasional share of alcohol sessions with them holding drinks at an apt time and place. Some ease off the burden of their daily hustle with moments of nonchalance, while some do it to socialise at the gatherings. It only turns strange when the consumption of intoxicants happens at an unusual time, place or situation.
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In one such turn of events, an ambulance driver in Odhisa stopped his vehicle, offered his injured passenger a drink on the way to a hospital, and poured one for himself too.
On Monday, the incident occurred near Sarala Road on Cuttack-Paradip Expressway in the Tirol area of Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district.
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Viral video brought incident to light
A video that has gone viral on social media shows the ambulance driver making pegs of seemingly an alcoholic beverage for himself and the patient.
Based on the footage, it can be seen that the ambulance driver halted his vehicle on the side of a highway and poured drinks for the patient and himself. The video shows the driver gulped up his drinks in one go while the patient with a cast around his leg sipped his drink on a stretcher inside.
The incident became public on Monday after the onlookers recorded videos and posted them on social media. On being confronted, the ambulance driver said that he served drinks to the patient on his demand. A woman and a child were inside the ambulance when the incident occurred.
No action taken as of now
Jagatsinghpur Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Dr Kshetrabasi Dash told PTI, “Since it was a private ambulance, we don’t have much to say. But the RTO and the police station concerned must take action against the erring driver.”
Jugal Kishore Das, inspector in charge of Tirtol Police Station, said no formal complaint has been lodged and a probe will be launched in case FIR is registered. Drunk driving is considered a traffic offence.
Prisoners had liquor party at police station
In an unrelated incident this year, five prisoners were caught relishing a liquor party along with two constables at the Excise Department police station in Bihar’s capital, Patna.
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As per reports, five individuals were arrested by the Excise Department on November 29 afternoon and were in custody at the excise police station in Paliganj. On the same night, they got hold of liquor inside the jail premises and started to party.
The cops visited the police station to verify the information about the liquor party and caught them in the act. According to police, all seven individuals were kept behind bars following the incident. The sale and consumption of alcohol was banned entirely in the state by the Nitish Kumar-led government in April 2016.
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