Cop suspended over booze video in Siwan

PATNA: A police inspector posted in Siwan district has been suspended after a video purportedly showing him consuming liquor went viral on social media, a senior police officer said on Monday.
Departmental proceedings were also initiated against the inspector, the officer said. The purported video clip of the inspector consuming liquor with his relatives went viral on Saturday.
“Manoj Singh, the circle inspector of Aandar police station in Siwan district, has been suspended on Sunday after he was seen consuming liquor in the video clip that he received on Saturday,” Siwan superintendent of police Naveen Chand Jha told PTI over phone.
Stern action will be taken against the offender, he said, adding the video clip has been sent to the state forensic science laboratory to ascertain the authenticity.
The action has been initiated against the circle inspector on the directive of the deputy inspector-general of police (Saran range) V K Srivastava.