<p>Bihar: A senior government officer was arrested for arriving at a function allegedly in an inebriated condition in Bihar’s Supaul district, officials said on Saturday.</p><p>Sale and consumption of alcohol was banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in April 2016.</p><p>The district fisheries officer, Supaul, has been arrested and sent to jail, District Magistrate Sawan Kumar told PTI.</p>.Bihar alcohol ban prevented 21 lakh cases of intimate partner violence: Study.<p>“The officer arrived at a government function, which was attended by a state minister, on Thursday under the influence of alcohol. I got suspicious and called the excise department officials to conduct his breath-analyser test, which also confirmed that he had consumed alcohol,” Kumar said.</p><p>“There are reports that he is a habitual offender of the state’s prohibition laws. I have written to the competent authority for his dismissal from service,” the DM added.</p>
<p>Bihar: A senior government officer was arrested for arriving at a function allegedly in an inebriated condition in Bihar’s Supaul district, officials said on Saturday.</p><p>Sale and consumption of alcohol was banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in April 2016.</p><p>The district fisheries officer, Supaul, has been arrested and sent to jail, District Magistrate Sawan Kumar told PTI.</p>.Bihar alcohol ban prevented 21 lakh cases of intimate partner violence: Study.<p>“The officer arrived at a government function, which was attended by a state minister, on Thursday under the influence of alcohol. I got suspicious and called the excise department officials to conduct his breath-analyser test, which also confirmed that he had consumed alcohol,” Kumar said.</p><p>“There are reports that he is a habitual offender of the state’s prohibition laws. I have written to the competent authority for his dismissal from service,” the DM added.</p>