# UP youth booked for drinking beer during Ganga dip 2026-08-20T20:33:18+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A youth has been booked by Varanasi police after a video surfaced showing him drinking beer while taking a dip in the Ganga at Assi Ghat. The video, which went viral on social media on Friday, allegedly shows the man bathing in the river with a beer can in hand during early morning hours. He was also seen throwing the crushed can on the riverbank after drinking. Locals at the ghat reportedly pulled the youth out of the river and reprimanded him. The man identified himself as Santosh Singh and claimed to be a resident of Rohtas district in Bihar. Police have registered a case for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and are searching for the accused. ## Indian Opinion Analysis This is not the first such case in Varanasi. In 2022, a man was arrested for drinking alcohol at Dashashwamedh Ghat. The Ganga, revered as a goddess in Hinduism, is considered sacred, and acts like this provoke strong local and religious reaction. The case falls under IPC Section 295A (deliberate acts intended to outrage religious feelings). The next step will be whether the accused is arrested or appears before the court on his own. The incident also raises questions about enforcement of rules at the ghats, which see heavy tourist footfall. ## Coverage - millenniumpost.in Straight news agency style reporting with no discernible slant, simply reporting the incident and police action. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Assi Ghat, Ganga, Rohtas, Santosh Singh, Varanasi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/up-youth-booked-for-drinking-beer-during-ganga-dip/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/up-youth-booked-for-drinking-beer-during-ganga-dip/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/