Beer bottles seized

Tribune News Service

amritsar, May 25

A joint team of the excise and police seized over 50 cartons of expired beer from an approved vend after BJP SC Morcha held a protest in front of it here on Tuesday.

Sanjeev Kumar, president of the district unit of the SC cell of the BJP, said once again the expired beer was being sold near the Dalit basti known as Hindustan Basti, outside the Hathi gate. He said consumption of the beer could cause serious health risks to its consumers.

Recalling the hooch tragedy stuck in Tarn Taran last year, he said over 100 people from Dalit families had lost their lives. Now, again expired bottles of beer were being sold close to a dalit basti. He accused that it was the modus operandi of the liquor traders chosen by this government to sell spurious and expired liquor near dalit houses. He said it was a big scandal and such bottles of beer and liquor have been selling in different parts of the state and it required a thorough probe.

He said the expired beer has been selling there for the past many days and his repeated requests to the authorities did not elicit any response. Compelled he along with activisits of the BJP’s dalit Morcha held a protest.

Suresh Mahajan, president of the district unit of the BJP, demanded registeration of attempt to murder case against the agency selling the expired beer. He said the Capt Amarinder Singh government had given free run to drug and liquor dealers. He stated that its slogan of drug free Punjab remained an eyewash.

Later, a team of Excise officials along with police personnel raided the vend and seized 54 cartons of beer.