Drunk Headmaster Attempts to Hoist Flag on Republic Day, Nabbed by Police

Muzaffarpur (The Uttam Hindu): In Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, the headmaster of a government school has been arrested on charges of hoisting the national flag in a drunken state on the occasion of Republic Day. Police said that Sanjay Kumar Singh, the headmaster of the government middle school located in Dharampur East of Minapur area, had reached the school in a drunken state.

The local people informed Meenapur MLA Munna Yadav about this, who immediately informed the police. Rampurhari police station in-charge Sujeet Kumar said that on receiving the complaint, a police team immediately reached the school and conducted a breath analyser test of the headmaster, which confirmed that he had consumed alcohol. After this, the police arrested him.

Before his arrest, the headmaster, Sanjay Kumar Singh, told reporters that he was facing severe financial crunch and had not received his salary for the last five months. It is noteworthy that Nitish Kumar's government in Bihar has imposed a complete ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol since April 5, 2016. This incident has once again raised questions on the implementation of liquor ban in the state.