Police arrest six with illicit liquor

Amritsar. August 1,

With the hooch tragedy claiming the lives of around 80 people in Tarn Taran and Amritsar districts in the past two days, the Punjab Police have cracked a whip on the illicit liquor trade. In Amritsar, 12 persons lost their lives. They were residents of Muchhal and its adjoining villages located near Tangra, 30 km from here. Amritsar (Rural) SSP Dhruv Dahiya said the rural police registered as many as 26 cases and arrested six persons and made a huge recovery of illicit liquor in separate raids in different villages. “The police have recovered 348 litres of illicit liquor, 3,270 kg of lahan and 131 litres of concentrated alcohol or spirit, besides destroying an illegal still in the past 24 hours,” he said. Eyebrows were raised after the hooch tragedy hit Punjab starting from Mucchal village which witnessed seven deaths in a single day on July 30. TNS