The Excise team reported the youth as absconding: Bhaskar investigated the Excise team's action in Bihia, Bhojpur, but the youth has not been traced for 1 year.

On the evening of August 13, 2025, the Excise Department allegedly picked up 31-year-old Sanoj Kumar from Dharhara Musahar Toli in the Bihia police station area of Bhojpur. Since then, there has been no trace of the young man. When his family filed a complaint with the police, excise officials claimed that he jumped out of the car's boot and fled. This 'boot theory' is now becoming a major issue for the Excise Department. According to Dainik Bhaskar's investigation and records from the Patna High Court...