High spirits, low profile: Nalanda liquor smugglers who dressed down to cash in
Patna: Pankaj and Kanchan, two young men from Nalanda district, led double lives – humble by appearance, but extravagant in lifestyle. By day, they posed as junk collectors and by night, they were liquor barons, ferrying sacks of foreign booze and beer from Uttar Pradesh to dry Bihar, fuelling a thriving black-market empire.
The duo's clever disguise – tattered clothes and frayed slippers – fooled many. Few in their hometown knew the secret behind their sudden rise – plush homes, premium bikes and a carefree swagger funded by illicit liquor sales. But their charade unravelled on Sunday when the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Gaya Junction caught them red-handed.
"The operation took place at Platform No. 1 of Gaya Junction," said Gaya GRP station SHO Rajesh Kumar.
"RPF personnel, who had been maintaining vigilant surveillance of suspicious activities, spotted two people disembarking from a train with suspicious bags. Upon noticing the police presence, the suspects attempted to flee but were quickly arrested by the alert RPF team," he added.
Inside the bags – 48 cans of beer and 120 bottles of premium foreign liquor worth around Rs 23,000. During interrogation, the pair admitted to long-running smuggling operations, transporting liquor via train to Gaya, and then on to Nalanda, where they sold it at up to three times the cost.
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"The arrested accused wore very simple clothes to represent themselves as being from a poor background," the SHO added. "It was further revealed that they built their own houses and owned premium bikes from the money earned from the liquor smuggling. They further admitted to living a lavish life in their village," he said.
From railway platforms to rural riches, their tale is one of audacity and deception until the law finally caught up.
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