On the instruction of Excise Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh Rajeev Dubey a special drive is going on in all the districts of MP to curb the manufacture, transport and sale of illegal liquor. In Indore district collector Manish Singh guided assistant excise commissioner Indore Raj Narayan Soni who has formed more than 15 different teams which is led by excise controller Rajeev Dwivedi in entire Indore district.
A loading truck was seized carrying 13 boxes of illegal liquor including 650 quarter units total of 117 bulk liter. The total cost of seized liquor and truck is 5,14,000. In another case 350 quarter units of country made liquor was seized from the house of Rahul son of Shankralal worth value rs 26,250.
In another case a manufacture unit of handmade wooden furnace liquor was busted by excise department and around 3500 kg mahua (Bassia Latifolia) and Lahan worth value 3,15000 was destroyed on the spot which was used for making handmade liquor in the village patharnala, harsola pond area jamali pond area and other water bodies area of mhow tehsil a total of 12 raids were conducted in Mhow tehsil area and 10 cases were registered. ADEO Santosh Singh Kushwaha, ADEO Rajeev Upadhyay, ADEO Kiran Singh SI Ashish Jain, SI BD ahirwar, SI Manish Rathore, SI KC Roiwal and SI Manmohan Sharma were the part of different trap team.
The accused have been booked under excise act 34 1 34 2 and sent to jail.