A Class 4 student in Begusarai’s Siswa returned home from school in a drunken state on Monday. The student was found to have consumed illicit liquor stored in a dilapidated toilet of the school, from where police seized 23 cartons containing 204 litres of illicit liquor.
The incident comes nearly a week after a suspected hooch tragedy in Motihari in East Champaran district, in which at least nine persons were reported dead while many remain gravely ill.
Family members of the student noticed something was amiss when he returned home disoriented. “My nephew was unable to walk properly and was blabbering. His friends told us that he had consumed liquor stacked in huge quantities in the school toilet,” said the student’s uncle.
His family members reached the school and informed the principal, who inspected the toilet located behind the school building and discovered several cartons of liquor.
The principal called the police, who seized the liquor bottles. They have registered a case against unknown persons and launched an investigation.
