The liquor smuggling is going on in full swing in Dhar district as the excise officers are not paying any attention in pithampur tehsil area. The Pithampur police team led by SDOP Tarunendra Singh Baghel and TI Pithampur Lokesh Bhadouriya on the tip of the informer stopped a mahindra bolero jeep MH 15 FV 9692 in Pithampur tehsil area and arrested two persons who were carrying 170 boxex of Mounts 6000 beer.
One box contained 24 beer cane total 4080 canes total 2040 bulk litres. The cost of illegal beer confiscated is rs 8 lakh and the vehicle confiscated is Rs 9 lakh. Sources say that the confiscated Mounts 6000 beer is manufactured in Mount Everest Beer factory in Simrole area of Indore district. The Mount everest factory is located in outskirts of Indore district at the secluded spot and is directly connected to various highways passing through Indore district.
Sources say that Several trucks of beer without permit daily move out of these factory without excise duty permit thus giving a major loss of revenue to the government and the Indore Division excise flying squad don't take any action. D C Excise Indore diivision flying squad Mukesh Nema told The Pioneer that it is not possible that beer trucks are passing out from Mount everest beer factory without permit though it is possible that the Mounts 6000 beer confiscated by pithampur police must be sent by some liquor shop contractor however we will investigate the matter.
According to sources the excise duty per Mount 6000 beer is rs 1040 per box hence the government excise duty stolen in this case is around Rs 175000.