Even as a UP government order prohibits the sale of liquor within a hundred meters radius of schools, colleges and other educational institutions, a bizarre case has poured in from Chitrakut.
The local police unearthed a country made liquor factory run from class rooms of a higher secondary college in Chitrakut. While the cops seized liquor and other chemicals used for distilling country made liquor, none of the accused including the college principal could be arrested. The cops registered a case in t his regard and claimed that the seized liquor was poisonous.
As per reports, the personnel at Rajapur police station (Chitrakut) were tipped off by students of Pandit Mordwaj Higher Secondary College that a country made liquor factory was operating from the class rooms and they were forced to sit at makeshift classes so that the illegal operation was not hampered.
Sources also said that after the closure of the college, the premises used to be transformed into a pub for the local villagers.
Shocked with the input, a police team comprising of sub-inspectors Kripa Shankar Mishra, Mohan lal and others raided the college on Wednesday evening. They found 233 liters of country made liquor, 120 litres of semi-prepared potion, 600 liters of spirit, 1 packing machine, 2000 empty bottles and other chemicals, drums etc on the spot.
However, the college principal and kingpin of the racket, Umakant Shukla of Bhatri locality of Rajapur, along the college owner's son Raja and his cohorts managed to slip away from the spot.
Sp of Chitrakur, KK Choudhary said that a case was registered against the above mentioned and a hunt was on to arrest them.
Meanwhile in Shamli, a government high school teacher Narendra Pratap was booked for cheating after it transpired taht he had submitted fake documents to secure the job at Balwa village. A case was registered against Narendra on the basis of a complaint lodged by school principal Ramkumar. Narendra had joined the school as a teacher on July 24, 2015. A probe is on in the matter.