Retired civil judge Ramashish Prasad Singh has accused Sri Krishna Puri police station house officer (SHO) Sanjay Verma of implicating his businessman son Binod Kumar in a false liquor case, an allegation the latter denied.

"On the instructions of SHO Sanjay Verma, S.K. Puri police are troubling my family because of a land dispute case pending before the court," R.P. Singh said on Friday.

He claimed the police are unnecessary backing the other side in a dispute over a plot on Boring Road that his son Binod had purchased from Fulbasi Devi and this was why they were implicating Binod in a liquor case.

On October 25, the police raided Binod's Boring Road office and seized 30 bottles of liquor from there.

The retired judge claimed that on earlier occasions too, SK Puri police personnel had tried to torture his family.

He said he had written to chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh on February 4, against alleged high-handedness by a SK Puri police station sub-inspector.

He said that around 8.30am on February 3, some personnel from SK Puri police station had entered his house at Priyadarshini Apartment without legal notice and threatened him.

Singh said that when he objected to the unruly behaviour, some of them uttered unparliamentary words.

He had requested the chief secretary to take action against the erring officials, claiming that S.K. Puri police were a perennial threat to him and deserved to be taken to task after inquiry by higher officials.

SHO Sanjay Verma, however, rejected the allegations. He claimed he had not met Binod earlier. "I've never visited his house and Singh's allegations are not true," Verma said.

"We'll look into the case," Patna senior superintendent of police (SSP) Manu Maharaaj said.

The Bihar Excise and Prohibition Act, 2016, came into force on October 2. There are stringent provisions under the new Act against consumption and sale of liquor in the state. Also, there are provisions for initiating action under Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act against excise and police officers found guilty of harassing a common man on fake charges.

Traders and businessmen in Patna have come out in support of Binod. Satyajit Singh, president of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has written to chief minister Nitish Kumar demanding protection for those working in trade and industry from the Prohibition Act's misuse.

"It's unfortunate that investors investing their life and money in the backward district (Samastipur) are getting victimised by the administration," Satyajit said.

The retired civil judge's son Binod, managing director of B.K. Industries, is constructing a modern agri-mall with integrated cold chain and common facility centre at an investment of Rs 45 crore.

Satyajit urged Nitish for a high-level inquiry so that the investor gets justice and the project is completed on time.