Notorious liquor smuggler found with bullet wounds at Muzaffarpur hospital

PATNA: Police found a notorious liquor smuggler undergoing treatment for multiple bullet injuries at a private hospital in Muzaffarpur on Friday morning, and placed him under arrest.
Cops suspect the smuggler may have been shot at by a rival gang.
The liquor smuggler has been identified as 35-year-old Nunu Rai, a native Anyaypur village under Katra police station of Muzaffarpur.
Katra SHO Lalit Kumar said Nunu was evading arrest in more than half of a dozen liquor smuggling cases.
“Besides these large numbers of cases with Katra police station, he is also accused in several cases of liquor smuggling with neighbouring police stations too. He was continuously evading arrest,” he said.
SHO Kumar said that police received a few photos of a person under treatment for bullet injuries via media persons on Friday morning.
“We sprang into action as soon as the injured was identified as Nunu who was evading arrest in several liquor smuggling cases,” he said, adding, a police team rushed to the private hospital and placed him under arrest immediately.
“Force has been deployed at the hospital to keep an eye on him. He is in an unconscious condition,” the SHO said.
“He has been shot at least thrice including in the chest. His condition is critical. An unidentified person brought him to the hospital around 2 am on Friday,” he added.
The SHO further said that Nunu was admitted to the hospital under the fake name and address of Arjun Rai of Jajuar village under the Katra police station area.
He said Nunu’s father Mahavir Rai and his younger brother Praveen Rai were sent to jail a fortnight back after getting arrested in a liquor smuggling case by Katra police.
“There is no one at his home whom the police could question regarding what happened to him. We have no other option but to wait until Nunu gains consciousness to give a statement,” he added.