The Crime branch Bhopal successfully nabbed four persons involved in transporting and selling of illicit liquor from different parts of the city and seized 20 cartons of country made liquor worth Rs 1 lakh; main accused and accomplice managed to escape.
In a drive to curb the increasing number of illegal liquor trade in the city and nearby areas three places were searched and during the search a total of 20 cartons were seized and four persons were nabbed while two persons managed to escape.
Acting on a tip off Rajdev Dubey (35) was nabbed near Indra Gandhi hospital, Jitendra Yadav (25) was nabbed from Polytechnic College square, Vishnu Yadav(30) and Divy Kumar(26) were nabbed near Sakshi restaurant and the common thing which surfaced when they were quizzed was the source of the illegal liquor was same the liquor was provided by the manager Kuldeep and contractor Gangadeen of Magzima Traders Private limited Company who escaped after the four were arrested.
General Manager of the company Anil Arora was not involved in the trade and was not aware of the illegal liquor sell. The absconding accused used to sell the illegal liquor in the nearby rural areas.
Police said that the areas where the absconding accused used to sell liquor would be identified and it would be investigated that the accused have their network of selling the illegal liquor was supported by the locals.
The role of the other employees of the company would be investigated in the further investigation.
Meanwhile report of as many as 55 licensed liquor shops violating license rules was submitted with the district collector on Thursday; surprise inspection by district police revealed opening and selling liquor by licenses liquor shops in the early morning hours.
In a special drive based on instructions from state police headquarters of July 15 it was found during the surprise inspection on Thursday that liquor was sold and serve at 55 different liquor shops.
DIG Raman Singh Sikarwar instructed Superintendent of Police and SDOP( District Police) and crime branch to inspect liquor shops in which 55 liquor shops were found violating rules of license.