Deoria (UP), Nov 3 (PTI) In view of the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections scheduled on November 6, liquor shops within three kilometres from the Bihar border in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria district will remain closed, officials said on Monday.

The directive was issued by District Magistrate Divya Mittal in compliance with a letter from the Excise Department in Lucknow to ensure peaceful and fair polling, an official spokesperson said.

As per the order, all country liquor, composite, foreign liquor and toddy retail shops located within three kilometres of the Bihar border will remain shut from 6 pm on November 4 to 6 pm on November 6.

The spokesperson added that shops in the same zone will also remain closed from 6 am on November 14, the day the votes will be counted, until the completi

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