Basti, Uttar Pradesh:
A man in Eastern Uttar Pradesh who was tired of being harassed for bribes by government officers decided to get even by unleashing more than a dozen snakes at a government office in the Basti district.
He had easy access to snakes because he is a part-time snake charmer.
Hakkul is a conservationist and had been allotted a plot of land for his work by the state government. However, local administration officers refused to give him the land till he paid them.
Local journalists urged Hakkul to teach the officers a lesson with the help of his snakes. The reporters were taken into custody as punishment, but were later released.