LUCKNOW, Jan. 9 -- In a crackdown on public drinking and hooliganism, the Lucknow Police on Wednesday night conducted a special, citywide enforcement drive, checking 3,477 people at 181 public places and issuing challans to 1,025 individuals for consuming alcohol in public, police said on Thursday.

"The one-hour drive, conducted between 9 pm and 10 pm on January 7, was launched following repeated complaints from residents about people drinking at public places, creating nuisance, harassing passersby, especially women, and disrupting traffic," Lucknow Police said in a statement.

Many of them were found outside liquor shops and at public places, including parks, bus stands and markets.

"The special operation was carried out by deputy com...