nChhattisgarh Director General of Police D.M. Awasthi on Friday suspended Nawagarh Station House Officer (SHO) and served a showcause notice to the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) and Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) for not taking quick action on illegal liquor making, peddling, storage and transportation in Bemetara district.
Awasthi suspended with immediate effect SHO Amber Singh Bhardwaj for not taking tough measures against liquor peddling after a huge stockpile of liquor and spirit was seized on Thursday by the Excise Department in Bemetara district’s Jevra village.
During the suspension, Bhardwaj will be attached at Bemetara Police Line and he will be entitled to subsistence allowance.
Also, the DGP served notice to the Bemetara ASP Vimal Bais and SDOP Rajiv Sharma in the same case.
Awasthi has ordered Inspector General of Police (Durg Range) Vivekananda Sinha to probe the entire matter and submit a report within three days.
An excise Flying Squad seized 180 litres of IMFL and 860 litres of spirit stored in a vehicle parked in a farm house in Jevra village and arrested a watchman, Kuleshwar Goswami.
The DGP said that SHOs will be responsible for cases of illegal liquor making, peddling, storage and transportation in their police station limits.
Three days ago, Pachedi SHO Sunil Tirkey was suspended in Bilaspur district for a similar reason.