Indian residents queue to buy meat from butcher despite country's lockdown
Indian residents queue to buy meat from butcher despite country's lockdown

Indians lined up in long queues in many cities to buy meat defying the country's COVID-19 lockdown.

Videos from Hassan in South India show people forming queues before a popular butcher on March 26 despite many cases of the virus breaking out in the region.

While a few customers kept a distance from each other, many stood in close groups.

Local residents said it was a custom to eat meat after Ugadi, a local New Year festival which was celebrated on March 25.