AC duct treasure: 316 whisky bottles seized after passenger reported cooling issues, liquor smuggling foiled on Lucknow–Barauni Express; coach attendant arrested

As Bihar gears up for elections, liquor smuggling intensifies. On the Lucknow-Barauni Express, authorities discovered 316 whisky bottles hidden in an AC duct after a passenger reported cooling issues. A coach attendant from Bihar, Ashish Kumar, was arrested; he confessed to smuggling liquor regularly from Uttar Pradesh to sell in Bihar’s black market, exploiting prohibition laws.