patna police personnel caught drinking liquor would be dismissed immediately cm nitish kumar warned on mondayall police personnel across the state have taken a pledge of not drinking liquor in their lifetime if anyone is caught drinking alcohol disciplinary action must be initiated and he or she must be dismissed immediately nitish told officials while reviewing the performance of prohibition excise and registration department during a meeting at the cm residence herearound 80000 police personnel working in the state take an annual pledge of not drinking or storing alcohol and work to ensure successful implementation of total prohibition in the state i do solemnly swear i will never consume liquor in my lifetime i shall be liable for stern action if i am ever found involved in any activity involving liquor reads the oath prohibition was imposed in the state on april 5 2016issuing instructions to police and prohibition officials on how to put an effective check on illegal supply and sale of liquor the cm said chowkidars working at the villagelevel possess every bit of information about illegal activities going on in their areas ensure stern action against the chowkidars if any irregularity regarding liquor is found in their jurisdiction nitish told the police officialscm further asked officials to ensure a comprehensive inquiry in all bordering areas to check smuggling of liquor from other states and take action against officials of local administration if they are found involved in any kind of irregularity regarding liquorhe also asked officials to publicise the punishments given to people involved in the illegal trade of liquor so that it creates a sense of fear among people committing irregularitiesearlier the states prohibitioncumexcise commissioner b kartikeya dhanjee and the inspector general of police excise amrit raj made detailed presentations before the cm about the actions taken by the prohibition department and police for effective enforcement of prohibition in the state since april 2016states prohibition excise and registration minister sunil kumar the departments additional chief secretary amir subhani also were present at the review meetingthe cm also held separate meetings to review the functioning of five other departments on monday the departments were science and technology social welfare food and consumer protection rural works and minority welfare the ministers and departmental heads of the respective departments were present during the review of their departmentsfour of the six departments whose functioning were reviewed on monday have firsttime ministers