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Police successful Bihar’s Saran territory connected Wednesday (November 26, 2025) seized much than 400 litres of amerciable liquor and arrested a 47 people.
The improvement came a time aft Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, who besides holds the location portfolio, declared that mafias would beryllium dealth with sternly.
After assuming the complaint of the location section connected November 25, Mr. Choudhary warned that actions would beryllium taken against each criminals, careless of their influence. The curate besides said that societal media would beryllium monitored arsenic cipher would beryllium allowed to vitiate the ambiance though unsubstantiated oregon provocative posts.
Earlier, respective radical died, and galore mislaid their imaginativeness aft consuming hooch (spurious liquor) successful the district, which shares a borderline with Uttar Pradesh.
“During the peculiar thrust connected Wednesday, the constabulary besides seized respective four-wheelers, motorcycles, mobile phones, state cylinders, and different incriminating items. In accordance with the directive of Superintendent of Police Kumar Ashish, the thrust volition proceed to support the instrumentality and bid concern successful the area”, said a elder authoritative of the authorities constabulary headquarter connected information of anonymity.
“A database of 400 radical has been prepared, and enactment would beryllium taken against them”, Mr Choudhary said, adding, “The authorities police’s absorption would beryllium connected maintaining the regularisation of instrumentality established by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and creating a consciousness of fearfulness successful the minds of antisocials done aggregate initiatives”.
“We’ll besides show societal media posts. Pink patrol vans and ‘anti-Romeo’ squads would beryllium retired connected streets and astir colleges to forestall eve-teasing,” helium added.
Since liquor was banned successful Bihar successful April 2016, arsenic galore arsenic 3.86 crore litres of amerciable liquor person been seized successful the state. In 2025, the mean monthly seizure of amerciable liquor was astir 77,000 litres. According to officials of the authorities Prohibition, Excise and Registration department, astir 97% of the seized liquor has been destroyed.
Despite crackdowns, the menace of amerciable liquor continues crossed the state. Smugglers usage trucks carrying vegetables and state cylinders, ambulances and railway pantry cars to smuggle successful liquor bottles.
Several officials of the Prohibition, Excise and Police Department person either been suspended oregon subjected to disciplinary enactment for usurpation of prohibition laws. A constabulary inspector of Muzaffarpur territory was adjacent suspended aft helium was caught selling seized amerciable liquor bottles from the constabulary station.
