The Excise Department, along with the Delhi Police, has conducted surprise raids at Russian Information and Cultural Centre (RICC) on Tuesday night and recovered 448 cartons of different brands of foreign liquor worth around Rs 85 lakh, stored illegally in the servants' quarters. Two persons, including the administrative manager of RICC were arrested and a case under Delhi Excise Act was registered against them at Tilak Marg Police station.
Police said that the accused persons have been identified as Ashwini Kumar, administrative manager of RICC and his driver Ritesh Mediratta. Two more accused are still absconding. "The Excise Department had got a tip-off about the illegally stored liquor and the raid was conducted on Tuesday. They have seized cartons of foreign liquor, 12 of which were recovered from a car intercepted by the raiding team near Tilak Marg Police station. 436 cartons of foreign liquor were recovered from the servant quarters of RICC at Bhagwan Dass Road," said a senior official of the Excise Department. The total volume of seized liquor is more than 6,000 litres. The liquor cartons were stocked without paying taxes.