The accused arrested
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The Excise Department team has recovered a large quantity of illegal English liquor from the bag and the bike’s trunk. The officers of the said department are interrogating the smugglers. There was a secret information that two people on a bike from Jharkhand were going towards Gaya city with a large quantity of liquor.
Based on the above information, the team of Gaya Excise Department blocked the Gaya-Bodh Gaya road and started checking vehicles. Seeing the Excise Department team, both the bike riders started running towards Gaya city. After which the team also started chasing the bike. Both the youths were trying to escape towards Gaya city through the internal route of Gopi Bigha while running the bike. In the same sequence, the Excise Department team riding a Scorpio car caught both the youths by jumping from the moving vehicle on the bike riders at Khatkachak turn of Vishnupad police station area. During the search, the said team recovered a large amount of English liquor from the bag and the trunk. However, the Excise Department team took both the liquor smugglers with them.
There was chaos for some time
On Thursday afternoon, people were shocked to see a bike and a Scorpio car speeding near Khatkachak turn of Vishnupad police station area. People passing by that road started running here and there. In a short while, there was a buzz in the entire area that two youths riding a bike have been caught after jumping from a moving vehicle.
Four to five youths riding a Scorpio car were kidnapping two youths riding a bike. After that, a large number of local people reached the spot and were stunned. A large number of English liquor bottles were scattered at the spot. The Excise Department team present there explained to the people. The team said that both are liquor smugglers. On seeing the liquor smugglers being caught in a filmy style, the local people praised them a lot. However, in this regard, SI Sanju Kumar of the Excise Department said that inputs were being received for the last two days, but they were not being caught.
