Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Delhi Police is keeping a strict vigil on the activities of bootleggers who supply illicit liquor in the slums of national Capital. In separate incidents, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested three bootleggers in Outer Delhi area and recovered 180 cartons of illicit liquor from their possession.
The accused have been identified as Ranjit (25), a resident of Gopal Nagar in Najafgarh, Delhi, Ankit (22) and Soni alias Baba (24). Both Ankit and Soni are residents of Kharkhoda in Haryana.
According to Rajiv Ranjan, Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, in first incident, specific inputs were received that Ranjit alias Kaake, involved in supply of illicit liquor, is active in Delhi and is going to supply consignment following which a trap was laid and Kaake was apprehended near Tamanna Farm House, Bawana- Kanjhawala Road, Delhi.
"During search of the vehicle, 70 cartoons of illicit liquor were recovered from the car of the accused. During interrogation, accused Kaake disclosed that this liquor had been bought from Haryana and was to be supplied in Delhi," said the additional CP.
In second raid, acting on a tip off, police apprehended Ankit and Soni, near bridge Kutubgarh- Kanjhawla road, Delhi. "Their Bolero jeep was found loaded with 110 cartons of illicit liquor. During interrogation, both the accused persons disclosed that the illicit liquor had been bought in Haryana and illicit liquor was for supply in Delhi," said the additional CP.
"All the three accused persons have been booked under the provisions of the Delhi Excise Act. Further investigation in the cases is on," Additional CP added.