Bihar: Two revenue dept staff among 3 held for offering liquor to CO

PATNA: Three people, including two revenue department employees, were arrested on Saturday on charges of offering a smuggled India-made foreign liquor (IMFL) bottle to Madhepur circle officer (CO) Pankaj Kumar Singh to settle a dispute.
The three had allegedly reached Singh’s official residence in Madhubani district on Saturday evening and offered him a liquor bottle. They were forwarded to judicial custody on Sunday evening after production before a court at Jhanjharpur.
The CO, who was offered liquor bottle by his subordinates, called up SHO of Madhepur police station, Ashok Kumar, and requested him to take action. A police team soon reached the CO’s official residence and arrested the three accused, who were identified as revenue department employees Saket Kumar Singh (26) and Chandrashekhar Yadav (52) and one Lallan Mishra alias Sudarshan Mishra (50).
“The three were brought to the police station and then taken to a local hospital for medical test. They were found in an inebriated condition in breathalyser test,” the SHO said.
He added the CO has lodged an FIR in connection with the case, alleging that it was Saket who took out a smuggled IMLF bottle from a bag and tried to gift the same to him.
“Primary investigations revealed that there was a dispute between the CO and his two arrested subordinates. The two revenue department employees were probably trying to please the CO by offering him the liquor bottle,” the SHO said.
He added the police also raided the residences of the three accused after their arrest. “A half-filled liquor bottle was recovered from Yadav’s kitchen,” he said.