Rs17L liquor stock of last financial yr seized in Mau
Instead of surrendering the old stock in March as per the norms, the liquor was stored in a marriage lawn's storeroom to be sold through different outlets in the new financial year. CO (City) Mau Anjani Kumar Pandey on Monday said that upon receiving inputs regarding the illegal stocking of liquor, the joint team of police and the excise officials raided the marriage hall in Balliamode area on Sunday night. During the raid, 158 cases of various premium brands of liquor, worth Rs 17 lakh, were seized.
Police have arrested one Ramesh Mali from Chandanpur in the Kopaganj police station area. The CO said that following the initial investigation, it is suspected that the stock was not surrendered as per the rules at the end of the financial year and was stored to be sold illegally.
The role of the marriage hall owner would also be probed, he said. Excise officials were trying to detect whether the stock was being cleared through licensed outlets or delivered to individuals by people in Mali's syndicate.
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