Police inspector suspended in Bihar’s Siwan over booze video

Patna, December 10

A police inspector posted in Bihar’s Siwan district has been suspended after a video purportedly showing him consuming alcohol went viral on social media, a senior police officer said on Monday.

Departmental proceedings were also initiated against the inspector, the officer said.

The purported video clip of the inspector consuming liquor with his relatives went viral on Saturday.

“Manoj Singh, the circle inspector of Aandar police station in Siwan district, has been suspended on Sunday after he was seen consuming alcohol in the video clip,” Siwan SP Naveen Chand Jha told PTI.

Stern action would be taken against the offender, he said, adding that the video clip had been sent to the state forensic science laboratory to ascertain its authenticity.

The action has been initiated against the circle inspector on the directive of the DIG Police (Saran Range) VK Srivastava.

Total prohibition is in force in Bihar since April 2016. PTI