After using drones, copters and satellite phones to locate illegal liquor manufacturing units in dry Bihar, the State government has now decided to provide some relief to tipplers by not sending them to jail if they gave information about the source of their supply and bootleggers.
Joint Secretary of the Prohibition and Excise department Krishna Kumar Singh told media persons on Monday that those caught drunk would not be sent to jail if they provide the source of the liquor supply and the suppliers were arrested. “The order is effective from now”, he said. The State government is said to have taken this decision after a high-level review meeting with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Asked why this decision was taken, Mr. Singh said, “We have already sent 3.50 lakh to 3.74 lakh people to jail and this is a social evil. We can reform them instead of sending to jail. We want to arrest those who have been supplying them [liquor] and getting them drunk”.
