On the onset of drive to catch liquor mafias by Indore administration, the liquor smugglers are adopting different means and methods to sell liquor in the city .
In the recent case the excise department Indore arrested a liquor smuggler Umesh son of Goverdhan Prajapati resident of Dehri Saray area of Dhar district who in form of vegetable vendor was selling liquor in Depalpur tehsil of Indore district on Depalpur Betma road.
The smuggler was carrying 8 boxes of country made liquor which he had kept under the vegetable loaded on his bike. The total cost of the confiscated liquor is Rs 40000 and the bike is Rs 30000. The case under excise act 34 (2) was registered against the accused.
On the instruction of collector Indore Manish Singh assistant commissioner excise Indore Raj Narayan Soni formed different teams under excise controller Rajeev Dwivedi to trap the smugglers. The excise team of ADEO Kamal Singh Sikarwar traped the vegetable vendor. In another case the team of ADEO Rajeev Mudgal in shanti nagar colony of chavani circle caught a smuggler who was hiding 5 boxes of country made liquor worth value Rs 25000 in the chambers of a house under construction. The accused Devendra son of Kailash resident of shanti nagar was arrested and a case under excise act 34 (1) was registered against the accused. The team of sub inspector Priyanka Sharma trap the accused kailash.