The police in Bihar's Gaya district arrested a BJP MP's son on Saturday night after he was caught consuming alcohol with his friends at a party.

Rahul Manjhi (18), son of BJP MP Hari Manjhi was found in an inebriated condition when the police officials busted a party at the Neemgaon village.

Manjhi was made to undergo a breath analyser test and on the basis of its results, he was arrested along with another person- now identified as Rahul.

The police then got a medical examination done on the BJP MP's son at the Gaya Medical College- to rule out all doubts. The reports confirmed that liquor strains were found in his blood.

Rahul Manjhi was thereafter produced before a local court on Sunday after which he was sent to jail.

BJP MP Hari Manjhi's son Rahul Manjhi (18) arrested for consuming liquor in Bihar.

According to police, they acted on a tip-off received regarding a local liquor mafia Mundarik Yadav running a business in Neemgaon village in Gaya.

Meanwhile, BJP MP Hari Manjhi assigned his son's arrest as a conspiracy hatched by a rival group in his village, adding that they engineered this due to an old rivalry.

Only a few days back, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a public event had affirmed that more than 8000 people have been imprisoned for alcohol consumption.

This remark was made by the CM during an event organised to mark the completion of two years of prohibition in Bihar.