A youth who was arrested for consuming liquor in dry Bihar was found dead inside the State prohibition department police lock-up on Friday in Munger district of Bihar. Bihar was declared a dry State in April 2016.
The deceased has been identified as Aman, 22, from the Bageshwari area of Munger. He was arrested for liquor consumption on December 7 by State Prohibition, Excise and Registration department personnel and was kept in the department’s lock-up along with some other accused persons. His body was found hanging from the ventilator of the toilet attached to the lock-up of the Prohibition department police station early on Friday.
“Aman was found hanging in the toilet attached to the lock-up around 2 a.m. on Friday. He was immediately taken to the district government hospital but was declared dead. Further investigation is on,” Excise and Prohibition department official Suman Kumar said. Trade, consumption and manufacturing of liquor are completely banned in the State since April 5, 2016 under the new State Prohibition and Excise (Amendment), 2016 Act.
