Patna: Seven police personnel from the Anti-Liquor Task Force-3 (ALTF-3) in Vaishali district were arrested on Monday for allegedly misappropriating seized liquor during a raid. They were accused of consuming and selling the confiscated bottles. Some liquor bottles were recovered from their residences during a follow-up raid, police said.
“We received confidential information indicating that during a raid conducted by the task force in the Mahua police station area, some team members secretly kept a portion of the seized liquor.
The liquor was either consumed by them or sold to customers. Upon verification, the information was found to be true,” Vaishali SP Harkishore Rai said.