During a search operation in the wee hours on Sunday, the Gujarat Police found nearly 200 boxes of liquor worth Rs5 lakh from a farmhouse situated near Thasara town in Kheda district of the State where consumption of liquor is crime. According to the police, when they enquired about the owner of the farmhouse, they came to know that it is owned by Amul dairy chairman Ramsinh Parmar.
According to local crime branch official, they recovered illicit liquor from Parmar’s ‘Shri Ram farm’. “On the tip-off pertaining to liquor storage and distribution, the crime branch official raided the farm. The farmhouse is located on Thasra-Sevalia road in Central Gujarat,” said the official, adding that they recovered 213 boxes of beer and seven boxes of India Made Foreign liquor (IMFl).
The police have arrested three people and the two who were present at the farm fled and are yet to be arrested, said the sources. The police have also seized vehicles, mobile, and illicit liquor worth over Rs15 lakh.
Sixty nine-years-old Parmar is also the Congress MlA from Thasara Assembly constituency. He is considered as one of the strong Kshtriya leaders in Central Gujarat. When contacted Parmar said that as the election of Amul dairy is coming up, he is being targeted by his political rivals and has nothing to do with liquor seized by the cops.
BJP leader held with seven boxes of liquor
Dharmesh Patel, president of Valasad tehsil BJP was arrested by the Gujarat Police on National Highway 8 with seven boxes of liquor in his car on Sunday. According to the police, the liquor was found in Patel’s car during routine checking of vehicles entering from Maharashtra border.