In pics: Long queues outside liquor shops as govt relaxes lockdown

Thousands of people queued outside liquor shops across India as the Indian government began easing some curbs after a 40-day lockdown against the coronavirus. However, people ignored social distancing norms at many places while standing in long queues. Some government-owned shops were closed again after crowd went berserk. By about 9.30 a.m., a line of more than 500 people had formed outside a liquor store in the capital's eastern area of Kalyan Puri, before the shop was closed and police baton-charged the crowd to disperse it, a Reuters witness said. Police were asking some outlets to close in line with an order from excise authorities, said Ajay Kumar, a Delhi government official in charge of liquor stores.

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