Booze rush: Kolkata polishes off old stock

Most of the liquor stores in Kolkata went dry by early Tuesday evening as hundreds of tipplers — in many cases, multiple members of a family to pick maximum number of bottles — queued up outside the shops since early morning. Retailers fear if liquor continues to sell like this, Bevco — the state beverage corporation — will run out of stock by this weekend, forcing most shops to down their shutters again.

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