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Lockdown drives alcoholics out of their minds; man threats to commit suicide

Barely a day after few suicides were reported because people could not procure alcohol during lockdown, another person has threatened to commit suicide if not given liquor. He has made a video and circulated it on social media and the video has gone viral. 

Amidst the lockdown by the nation due to novel coronavirus scare, when everything is shut except essentials, alcoholics demand liquor; some go as far as threatening to commit suicide. Govindaiah from Dommanahalli in Turuvekere Taluk has made a video and shared it on WhatsApp. The alcoholic says he will hold the CM and PM responsible for his death as he is unable to go without his daily liquor. He says he has lost sleep since the last week.There have been incidents of suicide in various parts of Karnataka for people not being able to get alcohol.