Bihar Doctor held for making liquor from medicines, escapes from custody
Two dozen Excise officials and local police conducted the raid, bound him, and took him to Sadar police station. There, he also gave an interview to local media, describing how he is using chemical methods to make liquor.
Patna: In a shocking incident, a doctor in Bihar's Vaishali district, held for allegedly making liquor through medicines, escaped from the custody of the Excise Department, officials said.
The Excise Department conducted a raid at Subhai village under Sadar police station in the district. It arrested Suresh Kumar, who had a stock of medicines that he was using for the manufacturing of liquor.
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"The accused was sitting in the police station with tied hands. He somehow managed to escape from the police station and disappeared into the darkness. Police and the Excise Department searched for him in the agricultural field and his home in Subhai village for the entire night but were unable to trace him," Vaishali's Superintendent of Excise, Vijay Shekher Dubey, said.
"We have registered the FIR against the doctor and also imposed additional charges of escaping from the police custody. A manhunt has been launched to nab him," he said.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a doctor posted at the Ferozepur central prison had been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Punjab police from his residence for distributing illegally banned drugs to the inmates. The doctor has been identified as Dr. Shashi Bhushan, a resident of Ferozepur city.
He was posted at the central jail hospital since November 2021 and would secretly distribute banned narcotics to the inmates while providing treatment to them. It had been revealed that he also charged a price for the substances. While arresting the doctor from his residence, the police recovered 8-gram heroin, 14 cigarette lighters, used silver paper, and a half-burned ten rupees currency note.
