'Rats drank nearly 1 million litres of confiscated alcohol in India's Bihar'

Patna senior superintendent not entirely convinced that the story is true, orders breathalyzer tests for officers


News Desk May 06, 2017
Bihar police say rats consumed over 40,000 cases or approximately 900,000 litres of alcohol over the past year. PHOTO: Reuters/File



Rats drank almost one million litres of confiscated alcohol over the past year in the Indian state of Bihar, its police have claimed. Alcohol was outlawed in Bihar in April last year.

The police have maintained that rats had consumed over 40,000 cases or more than 900,000 litres of alcohol.

Manu Maharaj, the senior superintendent of the state capital Patna, was informed of this in a meeting this week. His subordinates informed him that rats had chewed the bottle caps before consuming the drink.

Police stations across the state were immediately told to rid their stations, some of which had rented out extra spaces to accommodate the confiscated stock, of rodents and sprinkle rat poison on the contraband.

24,000 attached with alcohol business in Sindh alone

However, Maharaj was not entirely convinced that the story was true and ordered breathalyzer tests for officers.

He said: "If they [the officers] fail the test they could even lose their jobs, apart from being prosecuted under the new stringent excise and prohibition laws."

On Wednesday, two policemen were arrested inside a police station for alcohol consumption in Patna. However, both officers resisted their arrest and accused Maharaj of unsanctioned violence.

Later tests showed their alcohol levels to be five times above the legally accepted norm.

Findings suggested that over 45,000 people have been arrested over the last 13 months in Bihar and over 218,000 locations have been raided.

 

This story originally appeared on RT

 

COMMENTS (5)

Arif Mohammed | 7 years ago | Reply This is the same state from which substantial population of Pakistan is made up of.
rich | 7 years ago | Reply hussain ahmed bihar is ruled by nitish, opponent of modi, , remmeber BJP lost in bihar bjp ruled goa, maharastra has booze freely available come to goa booze is cheaper the petrol, the rats (cops) dont want bjp sarkar bec then they cannot drink take bribe ect ect
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