Sukhi Sewania police have nabbed a miscreant from village Delakhedi for his involvement in transporting and selling of liquor illegally and recovered six cartons of liquor worth Rs35,000 from his shop on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip off regarding two men involved in selling liquor illegally was tracked and recovered five cartons of liquor and when he was questioned regarding the liquor consignment, he was unable to provide documents of license.
Police said that acting on a tip off police reached the spot where Veeru alias Virendra Meena and his father Sitaram Meena were present and after spotting police Veeru escaped the spot while Sitaram was nabbed by the police.
The miscreant was identified as Sitaram Meena. Nabbed accused confessed that his son bought liquor in the night and informed him to sell during the festival of Holi and to maximize his earning he bought the liquor in huge quantity.
During the search 7 plastic sacks and 6 cartons of liquor were found. A total of 114.3 litre of liquor was seized from the accused. The liquor recovered was worth Rs35000.
The accused was involved in the illegal trader of liquor and the buyers of the liquor provided by the accused would be investigated in the further investigation.
After the preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under section 34 (A) of the Excise Act. The action was taken in the drive to curb the increased number of illegal trade of liquor in the upcoming festive season in the city and nearby areas. Police have started searched for the absconding accused Veeru.