Jhajjar police arrest kingpin of interstate liquor smuggling racket fom Punjab

The CIA unit of Jhajjar Police, led by Inspector Vivek Malik, has arrested the kingpin of an interstate liquor smuggling racket from Punjab based on a tip-off.

Surajmukh carried a reward of Rs 5,000 on his head.

Jhajjar Commissioner of Police Rajshree Singh said the crackdown on drug and illegal liquor trade would continue.

“Surajmukh hails from Ambala but is currently living in Kharar, Punjab. He is a proclaimed offender. In December 2023, a truck carrying 375 cartons of illegal liquor was seized in Dujana area here and a man named Birbal from Rajasthan was arrested. During interrogation, it was revealed that the liquor was being transported from Punjab to Bihar,” said Malik.

He maintained that further investigation identified Surajmukh as the mastermind behind the smuggling. However, he managed to evade arrest for nearly 21 months. Acting on intelligence inputs, the CIA Jhajjar team conducted a raid in Punjab and apprehended him.

“The investigation also revealed that Surajmukh has multiple criminal cases against him across several states. These include four cases in Bihar, four in Gujarat, one in Patiala (Punjab), and one in Yamunanagar (Haryana). In many of these cases, courts have declared him a proclaimed offender,” added Malik.

The inspector said Suresh from Hansdahar village in Jind, who sold the truck used in the smuggling, had also been arrested. “Suresh operates a truck body workshop in Punjab and had tampered with the truck’s chassis number before selling it to Surajmukh,” Malik added.