Spurious liquor factory busted in Kaithal district

Tribune News Service
Kurukshetra/Kaithal, June 30

The district police on Monday claimed to have busted a factory, where spurious liquor was manufactured, in Kaithal’s Chanchak village after a raid was conducted in connection with the recovery of 144 boxes (1,728 bottles) of spurious liquor from a vend in Kurukshetra.

The police seized 12 boxes of liquor, wrappers of country and English liquor, an RO system, hallmarks, empty bottles and other material. Liquor was being supplied in Kaithal, Kurukshetra and areas in Punjab, they said. However, no one was arrested.

Sources said the Punjab Police had seized about 1,050 boxes of spurious liquor earlier this month, and the cops had also conducted raids in Guhla-Cheeka area. However, no recoveries were made.

Devender Kumar, SHO, Pehowa police station, said: “On a tip-off, a raid was conducted in Chanchak village. Efforts are being made to nab the people involved in manufacturing spurious liquor. The kingpin of the racket belongs to Guhla. They had been supplying liquor in Punjab; the stock was seized in Sangrur.”

Sunil Kumar, vice-president, Piccadily Agro Industries Limited, in his complaint to the Deputy Excise Taxation Commissioner (Excise), Kurukshetra, said spurious liquor in the name of his brand “Masti Malta” was being sold in Pehowa.

Subsequently, a raid was conducted and a case was registered against liquor vend owners and partners Baljeet Singh, Palwinder, Gurjant, Sushil, and Sonu under the Copyright Act, Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Excise Act.