Himachal News: Illegal Liquor Trade Was Going On In The Primary School Building, Consignment Of 2069 Liters Of English And Country Liquor Recovered.
Illegal Liquor Trade Was Going On In The Primary School Building, Consignment Of 2069 Liters Of English And Country Liquor Recovered.
Reported & Written By Kumud Sharma, Diary Times, Dharamshala, April 03: Baijnath police on Tuesday recovered a consignment of 2069 liters of English and country liquor from the primary school building in Gawal. The value of the illegally stored liquor has been estimated at Rs 13 lakh, 91 thousand 600.
Acting on a tip-off, the Baijnath police raided an old primary school building near Chobin. On investigating the premises, the police recovered 225 boxes of whiskey and 5 boxes of country liquor of different brands. Also, 48 year old accused Ajay Kumar, resident of village Bairi, tehsil Sandhol, Mandi, has been arrested.
Let us tell you that this primary school located in Gawal was closed by the Himachal government in 2012. Accused Ajay Kumar was running illegal liquor business from the closed primary school. Baijnath Police SHO Bhupinder Singh, ASI Sunil Kumar, Malkiat Singh, Constable Hoshiar Singh carried out this action after receiving secret information.
Get The Latest News Of Himachal First On Mobile, Click Here To Join Our WhatsApp Group
During the raid, accused Ajay Kumar could not produce any permit or license regarding illicit liquor. After not getting any satisfactory reply from the accused, brand wise different batches of liquor kept in the room and the brand ‘For Sale in HP’ were found. On counting, there were 18 cardboard boxes of Royal Green Whiskey, 43 boxes of McDowells, 64 boxes of All Seasons, 57 boxes of Royal Challenge, 2 boxes each of Golfer Shot and Signature, 7 boxes of Officer’s Choice Blue, one box of Magic Moment, 26 boxes of Solan No. 1, 1 box of Grain Vodka, one box of Officer’s Choice, 5 boxes of country liquor Marka Santra were recovered. Each box contained 12 liquor bottles of 750 ml each. Apart from this, 2 boxes of Green Level Half and 1 box of Blender Pride were recovered.
We’re now on WhatsApp –Click to join
During the raid, a total of 2664 bottles of English liquor weighing 750 ml, 60 bottles of 750 ml country liquor, 48 bottles of 375 ml of Green Label and 48 bottles of 180 ml of Blender Pride were recovered.
Additional Superintendent of Police Bir Bahadur has confirmed the recovery of liquor consignment in the primary school building.
With The Inputs Of Himachal Premier News Agency
Also Read | Himachal News: Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla Released The Book Dalhousie Through My Eyes Written By Dr. Kiran Chadha.
Be Part of Quality Journalism
| Quality journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce and despite all the hardships we still do it. Our reporters and editors are working overtime in Himachal and beyond to cover what you care about, break big stories, and expose injustices that can change lives. Today more people are reading Diary Times than ever, but only a handful are paying while advertising revenues are falling fast. |
Continuing the achievement of the journey of effectiveness and credibility of more than 10 years in the career of journalism, as a woman journalist, I am Serving as the founder, promoter and editor of DiaryTimes with the trust and support of all. My credible coverage may not have given a big shape to the numbers, but my journey presents articles that make you aware of the exact and meaningful situations of Himachal’s politics, ground issues related to the public, business, tourism and the difficult geographical conditions of the state and financial awareness. DiaryTimes, full of the experience of my precise editorial expertise, is awakening the flame of credible journalism among all of you, so that the eternal flame of meaningful change can be lit in the life of the people of the state and the atrocities being committed against the people can be brought to the fore, I am motivated for that. If even a small change comes with the power of my journalism and the whole world becomes a witness to that issues, then I will consider myself fortunate.
