Punjab Police on Saturday claimed to have busted another major spurious liquor module with the arrest of 2 persons from Majitha.
The duo, identified as Gurwinder Singh and Lovepreet Singh, were following a Pandori Gola kind of modus operandi. In Pandori Gola, a father and his two sons were involved in supply of illicit liquor in Tarn Taran, from where the largest number of hooch tragedy deaths were reported.
Raju, the man from whom Gurwinder and Lovepreet had purchased the spurious liquor, is absconding, said DGP Dinkar Gupta. He hails from Sultanwind in Amritsar and his arrest could lead to the unravelling of the whole chain of the business in this case, said Gupta.
A total of 160 litres of spurious alcohol, in 4 cans of capacity of 40 litres each, along with 2 empty drums of capacity of 200 litres each, 2 empty cans of capacity of 40 litres, and 7 small pouches of 2-3 litres each, were seized from house of Gurwinder, from where the two accused were apprehended.
The arrests took place during early morning raid on the basis of tip-off received by SHO Majithia. A Majitha
police party, led by ASI Mukhtiar Singh and ASI Nirmal Singh, conducted the raid, said the DGP.
Chemical examination of the seized liquor has revealed that it was totally spurious and completely unfit for human consumption. Its key chemicals were 1-propanal, iso butanol, acetal, ethyl lactate and ethyl hexanoate, the DGP added.
Meanwhile, the state-wide raids continued as part of the crackdown order against the liquor mafia leading to 100 more arrests in 146 cases registered in 24 hours.