9 cases of Excise Act in 24 hours

Bathinda, April 25

Nine cases under the Excise Act have been registered in the past 24 hours in the district. In the first case, the police recovered 20 boxes of country-made liquor of a Haryana brand from two persons during a checking at Mehraj village.

One of the accused, Bhagwant Singh, a resident of Mehraj, was arrested while Sukhmander Singh, a resident of Barnala district, succeeded in running from the spot.

The police have registered a case at the Rampura (City) police station.

In another case, the police have recovered 480 bottles of country-made liquor of a Haryana brand from an Esteem car at Rama Mandi while the accused managed to run from the spot.

The police have registered a case against unidentified persons at the Rama police station.

The police also recovered 60 bottles of country-made Haryana brand liquor from two persons on a two-wheeler at Singo village.

The police nabbed accused Yadwinder Singh and Jaswant Singh, residents of Jagah Ram Tirath village, while police have also booked Happy Thekedar from Kaliawali in a case registered at Talwandi Sabo.

In another case, the police seized 60 bottles of country-made liquor from two persons on a motorcycle during a checking at Malkana village.

The arrested accused have been identified as Darshan Singh and Jaswinder Singh, residents of Malkana village. A case has been registered against at the Rama police station.

The police seized 200 litre lahan by raiding a house at Chauke village. Accused Gurcharan Singh escaped from the spot.

In another incident, the police seized 45 litre lahan from a house at Chauke village. Accused Darshan Singh escaped from the spot. Both these cases have been registered at the Rampura Sadar police station.

The police have booked accused Hardeep Singh, a resident of Bangi Deepa, during checking and seized 24 bottles of country-made liquor at Bangi Nihal Singh village. The accused escaped from the spot.

In another incident, the police seized 22 bottles of a Haryana brand liquor and a motorcycle at Chak Ruldu Singhwala village while the accused managed to escape from the spot.

A case against unidentified persons has been registered at the Sangat police station.

A resident of Pathrela village has been arrested by the police with 10 bottles of Haryana brand liquor during checking at Pathrela village. The accused has been identified as Gursewak Singh. — TNS