Overview
- A joint Excise Intelligence Bureau and local excise‑police team chased a pickup suspected of carrying liquor from Jharkhand and were fired on near a Pawapuri‑Silao highway flyover, leaving constable Ajit Kumar mortally wounded on Wednesday night.
- Kumar was first taken to Bhagwan Mahavir Institute in Pawapuri and then referred to Patna Medical College and Hospital where he died during treatment and a post‑mortem is being conducted in Patna.
- Suspects fled with the liquor‑laden pickup after the shooting and no arrests have been reported as excise and Nalanda district police have set up checkpoints and intensified searches on the highway and nearby routes.
- Bihar’s statewide prohibition drives cross‑border smuggling routes and enforcement usually relies on EIB tips plus local excise and police teams, a pattern that exposes frontline officers to organised networks and ‘liners’ who provide logistic support.
- Authorities say their immediate priorities are to identify and arrest the shooters, recover the vehicle and consignment, and review field safety for excise and police personnel involved in anti‑smuggling operations.