Overview
- Clips from Bengaluru’s Koramangala show heavily intoxicated youths after midnight, including women being helped by police and bystanders.
- Parallel footage from Gurugram, notably Sector 29, depicts partygoers stumbling, lying on sidewalks, and vomiting as crowds disperse late at night.
- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said police were instructed to take those unable to walk or nearing loss of consciousness to 15 designated resting centres or to their homes.
- Officials said individuals would be kept at the sites until they sober up, with Bengaluru Police providing drop facilities as part of the New Year safety plan.
- The videos prompted extensive online discussion about public conduct, safety, privacy and regional stereotyping, with some calling for stricter policing and others warning against profiling.