Bihar minister Ram Surat Rai defends himself in liquor smuggling

PATNA: Facing the charges of liquor smuggling, Bihar Cabinet minister Ram Surat Rai defended himself and said that the school where liquor was recovered on November 8, 2020, was not his property.

"That school property belongs to my brother Hansraj Rai who has given it on rent to Amrendra Kumar Kushwaha to run a school. If my brother is involved in liquor smuggling or trade then where is how am I guilty for it," Rai said while interacting with media in Patna on Saturday.

"My father Arjun Rai was a social activist in Bochaha block in Muzaffarpur. He verbally distributed the properties between four brothers including me in 2006. It was legally registered in 2012. The school property was purchased by my brother Hansraj Rai under his personal capacity in September 4, 2014. He had given that property on lease to Kushwaha in 2017 to run a school," Rai said. (IANS)

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