Holi Crackdown: Liquor Smuggling Busted on Cologne Express in Muzaffarpur, Employee Held

• Excise Department seized a large quantity of foreign liquor from the generator room of train 02564 Cologne Express at Muzaffarpur.
• Railway employee Akhilesh Kumar, power in-charge, was arrested for transporting the liquor consignment from Delhi to Samastipur.
• Kumar revealed he worked on contract and colluded with liquor mafias, using the train for smuggling.
• The operation was part of a strict crackdown against liquor traders in Bihar ahead of Holi.
• Authorities are intensifying efforts against new smuggling routes, including trains, to prevent illegal liquor entry.