January 20, 2026 04:57 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Jolt to ECI over SIR! SC allows BLAs at hearing, questions 'logical discrepancy'; TMC declares 'BJP's game over' | Will dal disrupt diplomacy? US lawmakers urge Trump to act on India’s 30% pulse tariff | 'Pakistan deserves Operation Sindoor 2.0', says Baloch leader over Trump’s Gaza board invitation to Islamabad | From Malda to the nation: PM Modi unveils India’s Vande Bharat sleeper | War zone Beldanga: Highway blocked, reporters attacked in migrant death protests | Can a Nobel Peace Prize be given away? Committee breaks silence after Machado hands over medal to Trump | Europe scrambles troops to Greenland as Trump’s takeover push triggers Arctic power showdown | Nobel drama: Venezuelan leader presents Peace Prize to Trump | Iran protests turn fatal for Canadian citizen, Foreign Minister confirms | Major blow to Mamata! SC stays FIRs, flags state meddling in central probe as ‘serious issue’
Bihar
Image Credit: Representative image/ credit: Pixabay

Bihar spurious liquor tragedy: Mastermind arrested from Delhi’s Dwarka

| @indiablooms | Dec 31, 2022, at 07:51 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Crime Branch of Delhi Police arrested a man who was allegedly involved in spurious liquor tragedy of Bihar in which several people lost their lives, police said on Saturday.

The accused, identified as Ram Babu Mahto, who is allegedly the mastermind of spurious liquor tragedy in Bihar, was arrested from Delhi’s Dwarka area.

Mahto is accused in two cases registered at Mashrak Police Station and Isuapur PS of Saran district, Delhi Police statement stated.

After the incident Mahto had absconded from Bihar and shifted his location to Delhi. Delhi Police received information that Mahto was hiding somewhere here. On the basis of surveillance as well as specific inputs, the accused was arrested from Dwarka area, it added.

Appropriate legal action was being taken and information about the arrest of Mahto has been shared with Bihar Police for further action, police added.

Mahto belongs to a farming family having four brothers and two sisters. He was born in Bihar and has studied upto 8th class only. His family is not in good financial condition as claimed by him.

However, owing to the prohibition in the state of Bihar, he sensed an opportunity to make quick and easy money and allegedly got indulged in manufacturing and selling of spurious Liquor. He has a history of several cases of illicit liquor, police said.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.