Gopalganj (IANS). A unique case has come to light in the Barauli police station area of Bihar’s Gopalganj district, where the marriage was conducted on the orders of the panchayat and then the newlyweds were ordered to leave the village. Following the order of the panchayat, the lovers who were secretly meeting were married in front of the villagers in a temple and then they were also ordered to go out of the village and spend their lives.
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50 cartons of foreign liquor seized
Gopalganj. Complete liquor ban law is in force in Bihar, despite this liquor smuggling is not taking the name of stopping. Liquor smugglers keep challenging the police and excise department while smuggling liquor in new ways. But to stop liquor smuggling, action is also taken against liquor smugglers by the product and the police. The latest case is of Gopalganj where liquor was being smuggled through the Gandak river with the help of a boat.
Smuggling was being done through the Gandak river located in Yadopur police station area of the district. But the team of the excise department has spoiled the plans of the smugglers. The excise department team has recovered a huge quantity of foreign liquor aboard two boats. According to the information recovered liquor was being brought from UP. However, in this action the smugglers were able to escape from the spot.
In this case, Product Superintendent Rakesh Kumar told that secret information was received that liquor is being smuggled through the Gandak river by boat. On the basis of the information received, the team of the product reached the spot and raided after siege and two boats loaded with liquor were caught. But the smugglers fled as soon as they got a clue of the team’s arrival. He told that 50 cartoons of foreign liquor have been recovered from both the boats. At present, action is being taken against the recovered liquor under the Excise Act.
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Liquor worth lakhs of rupees being brought for smuggling recovered from the river route
Gopalganj (IANS) | In Bihar, the state of liquor ban, when the police increased its strictness on the liquor smugglers on the road, the smugglers made the river route a medium for this. However, the Gopalganj police foiled this plan of the smugglers. Police has recovered liquor worth lakhs of rupees being brought by boat from Uttar Pradesh via Gandak river in Gopalganj.
According to the police, on the basis of secret information, the police raided the Diyara area of Gandak river in Jadopur police station area and recovered 1233 liters of country liquor kept in 137 cartoons from the boat.
A police official said that there are six check posts in Gopalganj district in order to enter Bihar from Uttar Pradesh. The incoming people have to pass through the check post. In such a situation, after increasing the strictness against liquor smugglers, smugglers are adopting the river route.
According to the police, so far this year more than half a dozen boats have been seized for smuggling liquor.
Superintendent of Police, Gopalganj, Swarna Prabhat said on Thursday that on the basis of secret information, the police seized liquor worth lakhs being brought from the Gandak river.
He told that a woman liquor smuggler, a resident of Nautan area of West Champaran, has been arrested in this case. However, the liquor smugglers aboard the boat escaped by jumping into the river in the dark of night. Due to the high depth of the river, the police could not catch them.
He said that mobile phone and diary have been recovered from the woman, which are being investigated.
–IANS
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Lachhwar Durga Temple is famous as ‘Mukti Dham’
Gopalganj (IANS)| There are many such Durga temples in Bihar, but the Lachwar Durga temple located in Thave block of Gopalganj district has a different identity. The local people believe that all the sufferings of the people who come here with a true heart go away, that is why this temple is identified as Mukti Dham.
As such, a crowd of devotees gather in this temple every day, but on the occasion of full moon of every month and on the occasion of Sharadiya and Chaitra Navratras, a large number of people reach the Durga temple. It is said that as soon as the devotees who come here receive the infinite blessings of the mother, their sorrows and diseases are destroyed.
Devotees from Uttar Pradesh to Nepal come here to visit the mother and go to their homes after getting relief from incurable pain.
It can also be called superstition, but people believe that Lachhwar Mai also liberates from possession of ghosts, witches and witches.
A strange sight can be seen here during Chaitra Navratri. In the temple premises, women are shaking their heads loudly, some women are swinging on trees and some men are swinging. It is believed that ghosts run away just by the touch of the soil here. The ghost here is also very important.
Lalka Baba, the priest of the Lachhwar temple, also says that all the sufferings of the devotees who come here end. He told that special worship is done on the sixth day of Navratri. Devotees who come here on Saptami, Ashtami get relief from all their problems, that’s why devotees from far off places gather here.
It is believed that ghosts leave their bodies just by touching the soil here. The devotees who come here have full faith here.
–IANS