Special teams of Haryana Chief Minister’s flying squad conducted surprise raids at 356 places across the State on Wednesday as part of the ongoing drive against the manufacture of spurious products and those indulging in illegal activities.
As many as 98 criminal cases have been registered by the teams at different police stations. The raids were conducted to check the manufacture of spurious products, including illicit liquor, illegal plying of passenger and transport vehicles, and registered cases against those involved in such unauthorized activities, said Anil Rao, IG, CID, Haryana.
He said the teams had raided 38 places and seized 30,000 kg adulterated dhesi ghee, 22,000 litres of adulterated palm oil and 47,000 litres of adulterated mustard oil. Besides, samples have also been collected from factories manufacturing various food items and sent for lab-testing.
As many as 308 illegal gas cylinders were also recovered from various districts during the raids, he said.
Rao said the CM flying squad team also busted a gang in Karnal involved in illegal trade of black oil and recovered 60,800 litres of black oil, 2,000 litres of waste black oil, 1200 bags of chuna powder, 108 drums of taar and 45 bags of bitumen from them.
In separate raids, the team detected 17 cases of power theft during the raids at various locations. The power department is taking legal action into the matter, he said.
Raids were also conducted at 86 locations related to the Excise and Taxation Department where 1,44,305 illicit bottles of country-made liquor, Indian Made Foreign liquor and beer were seized. The local police, in consultation with the Excise and Taxation Department, are
taking further action, said Rao.
The IG CID further said that the flying squad team also impounded 205 vehicles, including buses, maxi-cabs, overloaded trucks and dumpers during the surprise checking. These were plying in an unauthorized manner.
In a drive to check hospitals running without authorization, the flying squad team arrested nine quacks during the surprise raids. Action has been taken in 24 cases which are being investigated by the local police, he said.
The team also raided 12 places related to the Mines Department, 14 related to Urban Development, eight related to Agriculture Department and recovered trucks, trolleys and dumpers involved in illegal mining, he added.