A Dwelling Guard posted with the Bihar excise division was killed after his bike skidded when he was chasing individuals carrying liquor in Gopalganj on Saturday, reported PTI.
Abhisekh Sharma was on obligation and on a bike with a colleague on the time of the accident round 4.30 am close to the State Engineering School in Vishwambhrpur space, stated sub-inspector Avdhesh Dixit. His colleague sustained minor accidents.
Though there have been stories of Sharma having been shot lifeless in an assault by the liquor mafia, the police denied these, citing medical doctors on the hospital who discovered no bullet damage on his physique.
A probe is underway on whether or not the bike was hit by one other automobile.
“Prima facie, it seems to be a case of accident,” the police stated, including that it was most likely attributable to a pothole which threw the duo off the bike.
Police instantly reached the spot and took them to the closest authorities hospital, the place Abhisekh succumbed to accidents throughout therapy, he added.
The individuals who have been being chased have been additionally on a bike, the PTI report added.
Sale and consumption of alcohol is banned in Bihar since 2016, after prohibition was imposed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. However smuggling and unlawful manufacturing are reported.
Hooch tragedies tread deeper in Bihar
The accident comes simply three days after the Enforcement Directorate performed searches in no less than seven places in Muzaffarpur over a cash laundering case within the state, linked to alleged unlawful liquor smuggling, a separate PTI report quoted official sources as saying.
After the final spherical of searches on this case, the ED connected property value ₹9.9.31 crore, the report added.
A number of people yearly face authorized costs together with arrest for promoting spurious liquor within the state.
As part of a crackdown on illicit liquor commerce within the state final 12 months, Bihar Police stated they’ve made a number of arrests and raided greater than 100 locations throughout Siwan and Saran districts.
In a PTI report dated October 2024, Director Common of Police Alok Raj stated that round 25 individuals throughout two districts in Bihar, misplaced their lives after consuming spurious alcohol and a number of other different suffered bodily disabilities.
