SASARAM: Altogether 19 people, including four mukhiyas, were arrested for consuming liquor inside a house adjacent to the Darigaon police station in Rohtas district on Sunday. Two pistols and 23 live cartridges were also recovered from the spot.
The arrested mukhiyas were identified as Raju Paswan (Darigaon), Vijay Paswan (Alampur), Munna Singh (Khudhanu), and Rajvansh Paswan (Ugahani). They were sent to jail after undergoing a medical test.
Rohtas district magistrate (DM) Dharmendra Kumar told this reporter on Monday that he had written a letter to the government for taking appropriate action against the mukhiyas, who violated the prohibition law.
According to sources, this is the first time when so many elected representatives have been arrested in the state since the implementation of the prohibition law in 2016.
Based on a tip off that a booze party was being organised in the house of a mukhiya candidate near the Darigaon police station, Rohtas SP Ashish Bharti formed a team of cops and directed them to raid the village immediately. “The cops rushed to the spot and caught 19 people, including four mukhiyas. They were brought to the Sasaram sadar hospital for a preliminary breath test,” he added.
