Karwar: Excise department busts massive storage of illegal Goan liquor; 2,440 litres liquor seized
Authorities believe it was stored to attract voters during LS Election
Karwar: In a major bust of illegal liquor smuggling, Karwar excise department in a joint operation with Karwar police on Friday raided a house in the city. The raiding team seized illegal Goan liquor worth Rupees over seven lakh here.
The seized liquor is about 2440 litres and is worth Rs. 7.15 lakh.
In a statement after the raid, Excise Deputy Commissioner L A Manjunath, said that such a huge quantity of illegal liquor being stored in a house raises suspicion about how did it crossed the borders despite have check-posts on the state border.
“It’s a big seizure and raises doubts over how it entered the state. There is all the possibility that it was stored to be used during Lok Sabha election to attract voters” he said.
The house which was raided belongs to Sitaram Prabhakar and is located near National Highway of Amadalli village in Karwar.
The owner of the house along with others managed to escape from the scene and are reportedly absconding since then.
“We have launched a manhunt for them. They will be arrested soon and further investigations will take place. We are committed to source the roots of this illegal smuggling of inter-state liquor ahead of elections” Manjunath added.
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Body of Bihar Police personnel found hanging in barracks in Patna
Patna (PTI): The body of a Bihar Police personnel was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his barracks here, a senior officer said on Sunday.
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Kartikeya Sharma said a havildar with Bihar State Armed Police-1, popularly known as "Gorkha battalion", died allegedly by suicide as he had been suffering from some ailment.
The deceased left behind "two suicide notes", one in Hindi and the other in his native language Nepali.
"From the suicide notes, it appears that Navraj Sunar, the deceased havildar, had been suffering from some ailment which had caused him much mental anguish and may have driven him to take the extreme step," the SSP said.
The body was being sent to the native village of the deceased in Nepal after a post-mortem examination, while further investigations were on, with forensic experts inspecting the site of the incident.
