The drive to ban illegal liquor business in the hotels and restaurants has started to yield results as 281 cases of illegal serving of liquor were registered and 316 persons were arrested during the ongoing drive.
During the drive hotels, bars and dhabas were inspected. TT Nagar police registered the maximum number of 56cases, followed by the Piplani police that registered 27 cases, Sukhi Sewania police registered 14 cases, Habibganj police registered 21 cases, Khajoori police registered 8 cases, Bairagarh police registered 11 cases, MP Nagar police registered six cases and Shahjehanabad police registered 5 cases.
Illegal selling liquor was seized in the drive. The Parvaliya police seized 169 bottles of country made liquor, Bilkharia police seized 58 bottles of country made liquor, Berasia police seized 397 bottles of country made liquor.
In illegal selling of liquor a total of 29 cases were registered and 30 persons were arrested involved in the illegal selling of liquor.
Earlier when it was found that liquor was served in marriage garden at Bairagarh without permission and several hotels in the out skirts of the city in Bairagrah and nearby areas were also found serving liquor without obtaining permission from concerned authorities.
After the issue came into fore the IG Bhopal Zone Upendra Jain instructed to take strict action against the violating hotel owners and in the instructions it was clearly conveyed that if illegal serving of alcohol is found in any hotel the Station House Officer of that area would be held responsible and would face punishment.