Hyderabad, May 29 -- Alcohol connoisseurs, or in other words "drunkards," have a special place in society. Whether it was Devdas, the tragic self-destructive protagonist from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic 1917 novel, or those in power - people tend to listen to them because of the emotional value of their words, which may sometimes be beyond logic. However, the Telangana Police doesn't seem to feel that way.

During a routine drunk driving check held at Telangana Chowk in Karimnagar recently, one such Devdas -let's call him Dev D (Dev Drunk) the modern version of Devdas - who was not necessarily a jilted lover but was certainly fed up with reality, got the better of the traffic police personnel who stopped him.

The entire convers...