To avoid trouble in Uttarakhand, the Excise Department got 6 small employees suspended
Dehradun (IANS). The work of the Uttarakhand Excise Department is to collect revenue as well as keep an eye on liquor smuggling and liquor mafia, but the situation in Udham Singh Nagar is different. Here the officials of the Excise Department kept turning a blind eye and the police also busted the fake liquor manufacturing factory.
After this, the officers of the Excise Department sitting in Dehradun woke up and in order to avoid trouble, two inspectors posted in the Excise Department in Bajpur — Mohan Singh Koranga and Sonu Singh, a sub-inspector Devendra Kumar, and a head constable Nitin. Kumar and 2 constables Dharam Singh, Jagwati were also lashed for suspension action.
The entire responsibility of the district rests with the Excise Officer of the district, but in spite of this, action was taken against the lower officers for food supply.
In fact, in Gularbhoj of Udham Singh Nagar, the police busted a fake country liquor factory running in a house in Roshanpur village. Police arrested six accused involved in making and supplying liquor. Among them three are real brothers and two are married. The leader of this gang is absconding.
The police had recovered a large quantity of country liquor, chemicals and equipment used in making liquor. The team recovered from the spot empty pavva lids, chits written by Bajpur Gulab, Uttarakhand Government Uttarakhand Excise along with chemicals used in making liquor, equipment, 6 cases of liquor filled in Honda City car UP 16J-8968.
Along with this, the team also seized eight drums of liquor making chemicals from the godown located at Kundeshwari Kashipur. The accused said that they work for Sukhbinder Singh alias Sonu, resident of Beriya Dolat Kelakheda. Illegal country liquor is made and taken to sell in the mountainous areas of Kumaon.
In this case, a case has been registered against the accused under Section 60/60(2)/12 Excise Act. Told that absconding Sukhbinder is being searched.
