The Bihar government has stated the need of 20 specially trained pups from Telangana to track out liquor in its effort to strengthen the campaign against alcohol which is banned in the state for over two years.
The dogs would undergo training to smell alcohol at Telangana’s Intelligence Integrated Training Academy (IITA), Additional Director General of Police (CID), Bihar, Vinay Kumar told. After an exhaustive search for such trained dogs, the Bihar police finally approached in on Telangana which trains canines for sniffing explosives as well as liquor, he said. The ADG of Bihar Crime Intelligence Department said that they had established contact with dog training centres of the Army as well as paramilitary forces but could not find any dogs which specialised in sniffing liquor.
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“The 20 puppies would be trained for 8-9 months at Telangana for smelling liquor and once it is over, they would be drafted to sharpen campaign against illegal stocking of alcohol in Bihar,” Kumar said. The 20 trained canines would be distributed in all four police zones of Bihar — Patna, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Bhagalpur, he said. “If the pilot project is successful, we would requisition more canines from Telangana,” he added. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar enforced complete prohibition in Bihar in April 2016 by bringing the new anti-liquor law in the state.
The state government has launched a comprehensive drive since then to catch hold of those illegally engaging in sale and consumption of alcohol — domestic as well Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL). According to the state government data, more than 1.15 lakh people have been detained in the state for violating the liquor ban.
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