Bairagarh police nabbed over dozen persons serving liquor late in the night at hotel which did not have licence to serve liquor; Chill Out hotel was raided by the police.
However, details of the owner of the restaurant and other staff were revealed by police. A case has been lodged under various sections of the IPC as well as under sections of the Central Excise Act and the Madhya Pradesh Excise Foreign Liquor rules.
Acting on a tip off, a raid was conducted at the Chill Out hotel around 1 in the night on Monday by Bairagarh police.
Police conducted the nabbed persons are habitual drinker and visit hotel daily to have liquor but the hotel was not having license for serving liquor due to which the action was taken.
The accused are businessmen from different parts of the state capital. They were identified as Shailendra, Harish, Naresh, Ajit, Vinod, Manish, Dinesh, Vishal, Rakesh, Prakash, Ravi.
Case was registered after medical test was conducted late in the night. The police would register case after the investigation. Police have registered case under section 36 of the Excise Act.
Meanwhile, license of Tadka restaurant was suspended by District Collector after it was found that liquor was served illegally during raid conducted on November 8.
The excise team flying squad raided restaurant on November 8 and found that liquor was served. The restaurant was not having license for serving liquor. A case under section 36(A)(B) of the Excise Act.