Varanasi, June 27 -- Five Hindu men, arrested for allegedly conducting a chicken-cum-alcohol party on the ghats of Ganga river in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, were granted bail on Tuesday, June 23.

The bail was granted in less than 24 hours after their arrest.

The five men - Anurag Saini, Rahul Saini, Ajay Saini, Deepak Kumar and Arun Kumar - were arrested after a video surfaced on social media showing eight men on a boat anchored at the Dashashwamedh Ghat cooking chicken curry and drinking beer.

However, all five men have been granted bail on sureties of Rs 20,000 each, according to a report by The Wire.

A police challan submitted in the magistrate's court stated the five men were apprehended for arguing with tourists under sections 170 ...