Women set liquor shop on fire, stipulate alcohol ban in UP

A group of women set a liquor shop on fire at Baraula on Tuesday while staging a protest demanding a ban on alcohol in Uttar Pradesh.

They also gheraoed the police station after some protesters were taken into custody.

Police later released those taken into custody.

A case has been registered, a police officer said.

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