Bihar: Man challenges liquor ban in online video, held

In the video, which has since gone viral, the man introduces himself as Santosh Yadav. He seems to be inebriated while holding a bottle of liquor and even tells his name and address, the police said.

The police on Saturday arrested a man who challenged the liquor ban in Bihar in a video posted on social media.

Sale and consumption of liquor is banned in Bihar since 2016. (HT File)

In the video, which has since gone viral, the man introduces himself as Santosh Yadav. He seems to be inebriated while holding a bottle of liquor and even tells his name and address, the police said.

“Santosh was arrested on Saturday. The legal process was on to forward him to jail,” senior superintendent of police (SSP) Babu Ram said.

The SSP said that FIRs (first information reports) would be lodged against village chowkidars in case of recovery of liquor under their respective jurisdictions or a hooch incident.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has called a meeting of top officials on November 16 to review prohibition in the wake of the recent hooch tragedies in Gopalganj, Motihari, Bettiah, Samastipur and Muzaffarpur, which have together claimed at least 36 lives.