The Peterwar police, following a tip-off, unearthed an illegal wine factory from the village Jhujhako located Bandarachua in thick jungles, said SP Jitendra Kumar Singh here on Wednesday.
Police officials are concentrating more on extremist-prone areas for conducting raids, after being tipped off that illegal sale of local made liquors are in practice rampantly in those area. The police headed by officer in charge of Peterwar police station Mithlesh Kumar Mishra, found that 25 drums of local mahua were boiling in the dense forest area.
They found 25 drums each containing 200 litres under process of preparation. The police team raided the factory where the brew was being manufacturing and seized several equipments, including the sachet-making machine and the cutting machine. The team also recovered one tonne of coal, one motorcycle. The police also took one person under custody identified asTinu Saw. Production of local mahua liquor has become widespread in the entire Bermo coal areas. The situation has become alarming owing to the connivance of the administration with those involved in the trade.
local mahua liquor is in high demand among the workers engaged in collieries and other industries in Bermo. Illicit liquor is being sold in the areas like Peterwar, Dugda, BokaroThermal, Kathara, Kargali and entire coalmine areas. It is said that such business caters to the workers,who savour liquor made out of mahua and that is rather prevelant in that area.