Updated Jan 14, 2021 | 16:38 IST
Despite Bihar being a dry state, branded liquor worth Rs 90 lakh were being smuggled to the state as mustard oil. During the drive, the cops stopped a truck for checking and found as many as 500 cartons of branded liquor (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The liquor was being smuggled in the name of mustard oil
Patna: On 26 November 2015, the Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar announced that alcohol would be banned in the state from 1 April 2016. Despite the same, several cases relating to the sale and purchase of alcohol was surfaced from the state in the past.