GNPC (Glassile Nurayum Platile Curriyum, translation:Fizz in the glass and curry on the plate) is a secret group on Facebook launched on May 1, 2017. This food, drink and travel group also took part in charity activities. The group received widespread attention as a result of the government crackdown against it for promoting alcohol use and breaking other laws. The GNPC Group Administrator faced allegations and inquiries by Excise Department for promoting alcohol use. Excise commissioner Rishiraj Singh took action on this. Several posts in the group have been accused of promoting alcoholism. His wife Vinitha is one of the admins as well. At the time of police action, the group had nearly 1.7 million members and it resulted in the creation of many copycat groups. However, some media outlets had reported that the group had indeed been taken down. and has over 2.3 million users. GNPC is one of the Facebook secret groups with the maximum number of members<ref name=mathrubhumi/> and holds the Guinness world record for and the highest number of comments on a Facebook post.
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