The Excise Department of Ludhiana, in collaboration with the police, continued to crack the whip as a part of its ongoing Operation Red Rose and claimed to have busted a counterfeit liquor racket allegedly operated from the premises of Gemco Exports at GT Road in Jugiana on Sunday. . Ludhiana.
The raid was performed below the supervision of Rajesh Airi, Assistant Commissioner Excise, Ludhiana, Jang Bahadur Sharma ACP (HQ) Ludhiana, Amit Goyal (Excise Officer) Ludhiana, Diwan Chand (Excise Officer) Ludhiana and the involvement of Excise Inspectors was seen and CIA -3 Police staff.
An official launch stated that through the raids, no less than 570 circumstances of money whiskey, spurious liquor from Royal Tiger (with out the title of the manufacturing unit), and a few unlabeled liquor have been discovered to have gathered within the premises. There was no hologram in all the liquor inventory. Some empty cardboard packing containers have been additionally discovered. It additionally got here to the discover of the raiding staff that the premises have been getting used for distributing illicit liquor. Harmohan Singh, the proprietor of the premises, has been discovered concerned within the unlawful liquor smuggling racket with the connivance of two extra accused smugglers Jagwant Singh alias Jagga and Sanju.
An FIR was registered below part 61(1) (14) of the Punjab Excise Act 1914 and Harmohan Singh was arrested. Raids are being performed to arrest the opposite two accused.
Police stated that investigation is on to search out the supply of the availability/unlawful manufacture of liquor and others concerned within the distribution are being traced.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
