Dehradun police arrested three persons with five crates of liquor in the Nehru Colony police station area on Sunday after two of the bootleggers were thrashed by women in the Badripur locality.
The women complained that the police had ignored their complaints about the bootleggers causing socio-economic disruption and spoiling the atmosphere in the locality by illegally selling country liquor to residents. According to police, the accused have been identified as local residents Pramod, Pradeep and Mahipal. Following increasing cases of illegal supply of country liquor by bootleggers in Badripur area and police’s negligent attitude towards offenders, the women of the area caught two bootleggers supplying liquor to the residents. Angered residents had beaten the accused on the road and destroyed the liquor bottles.
According to residents, the local police station was informed repeatedly about the bootlegging but the police remained apathetic to the complaints.
Meanwhile, police rushed to the spot when they were informed about the incident. Police somehow managed the mob at the site and restored order there.
later, police raided the home of liquor supplier Mahipal and seized five crates of country liquor. During raid, Mahipal had escaped from his home, said Nehru Colony police station in- charge Abul Kalam. He said that to nab the accused, police was deployed at different places in the city and finally, police managed to arrest him. All the accused were arrested under section 60 of the Excise Act.