patna railways has suspended and arrested loco pilot karamveer prasad yadav for consuming liquor in dry bihar after getting down from samastipursaharsa memu special train 05278 at hasanpur road station under samastipur division last month a loco pilot had halted the train at unauthorised station in bihar to sip a cup of teathe monday incident took place around 540pm when the loco pilot went outside the station premises to consume liquor in a nearby shop when the rajdhani express crossed hasanpur road station master manoj kumar choudhary gave green signal to the waiting train to proceed towards saharsa around 602 pm when the train did not move and the railway staff and grp men started searching for yadav amid passengers agitation they found him overdrunk in a nearby roadside shop he was arrested with a 375ml liquor bottle the station master looked for a substitute to yadav and asked loco pilot rishiraj to pilot the stranded passenger train around 647pm sources saidaccording to grp sources yadav was sent for medical examination later he was detained under various laws including bihar prohibition and excise actaccording to ecr chief public relations officer birendra kumar railways has set up an inquiry committee headed by senior officials of samastipur division to probe into the matter and submit a report to samastipur drm alok agarwal to initiate an exemplary punishment to the delinquent railway loco pilot he saidtaking a serious note of the misconduct of yadav a resident of village jitwarpur in samastipur drm alok agarwal held a highlevel meeting with the senior officials of the traffic operation department and sought a detailed report on monday evening strict action will be taken against the loco pilot soon after getting the inquiry report a senior official of samastipur said