Hyderabad, Aug. 2 -- A sea of men queued up on Tuesday at the new Nampally criminal court near the Exhibition Grounds. All of them waiting to pay-off their challans for drunken driving. Inside the court complex, each of these men wore a look of mild boredom, as they waited to get done with their payments and return to their day-to-day lives.

All the men were booked in different parts of Hyderabad across various police stations. Their Aadhar card, driving license, and registration certificates along with their vehicles were seized by the police. Further, photographs of these men were taken by the cops as part of data collection.

This is hardly a new occurrence and has been a routine procedure for a while now in Hyderabad. While civilians...