Excise officials in Gopalganj district were in for a surprise when they recovered huge quantities of liquor bottles being ferried past them on a bullock cart.
Alcohol is prohibited in Bihar since 2016, but the state has seen a high number of deaths from consumption of toxic liquor in the aftermath of the ban.
By working in favour of those who are able to pay fines, the amended liquor law will not come to the rescue of the marginalised castes most often accused in these cases.