2024-07-19 07:35:16
Bhagalpur: Despite the liquor ban in Bhagalpur, Bihar, the cases of liquor smuggling are not stopping. The latest case is from Mujahidpur police station area where foreign liquor was recovered from a luxury car during vehicle checking. Two people have been arrested in this case, one of whom is a BMP jawan. The police had received secret information that a large quantity of liquor was being taken to Jagdishpur in a car via Bounsi Road.
Police took action
Acting on the information, the police blocked the Balti Karkhana Chowk. Then a white car stopped on seeing the police checking and the driver tried to turn the car. The police took immediate action and stopped the car and arrested the two people in it. The arrested people have been identified as BMP jawan Manoj Paswan and his colleague Police Paswan. Both are residents of Pista village. On searching the car, the police recovered 15 bottles of whiskey, 3 bottles of vodka and 3 cans of beer in two bags. Initially, Manoj told the police that he had got down at the station and he saw a person from his own village going in a car. He asked him for a lift and sat in the car.
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BMP jawan involved in smuggling
However, according to police sources, Manoj himself had brought this consignment of liquor to Bhagalpur by train and was taking it to his village with his partner. Later, Manoj also confessed his crime in front of the strictness of the police. City SP Raj said that a vehicle checking campaign was conducted on the basis of secret information. During this, a car was stopped and liquor was recovered from it. Also, two smugglers have been arrested, one of whom has been identified as Manoj Paswan and the other as Police Paswan.
Liquor sales continue
Manoj Paswan is a BMP Jawan. Further legal action is being taken. This incident is a living example of the fact that despite the liquor ban in Bihar, the spirits of the liquor mafia are high. The police and administration need to take more strict steps to curb the smuggling of liquor in the state. The police are constantly conducting raids, even after that, consignments of liquor are arriving daily via Bhagalpur station. Not only this, incidents of alcoholism have increased in the rural areas of Bhagalpur. The villagers say that the smugglers are selling liquor in connivance with the police.