The Excise and Custom Department raided a bungalow located at 25A Akbar Road situated in the highly secured lutyen’s Zone in the New Delhi district. The raid was carried out on Friday night by the officials of the Delhi Excise department after information was received that a large quantity of foreign liquor has been stored illegally in a bungalow bang opposite 24 Akbar Road, the head quarters of Indian National Congress.
A team of excise officials aided by the staff of Tughlaq Road police station raided the residence and arrested one Jaideep Sangwan (34), he was later bailed out since it was a bailable offence. “Sangwan is the business partner of Aardee Builders. A tip off was received that large quantity of foreign liquors have been stored at his residence at Akbar Road. A raid was conducted and liquor was recovered. As it was a bailable offence, he was released on bail later,” said a police official.
According to the first information report registered at Tughlaq Road police station, 79 bottles of foreign liquor were recovered from his possession. The raid was conducted by the Excise Department and Jaipdeep was apprehended from his house with the illegally stacked liquor. The Delhi Police had provided assistance in the raid.