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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Integrity of electoral process severely compromised, Cong to soon launch movement: CWC
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress Working Committee met here on Friday and adopted a resolution alleging the integrity of the entire electoral process was being severely compromised against which the party would soon launch a movement.
In the resolution of the top body of the Congress, the party said free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that was being called into "serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission".
The CWC, which met amid the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, said the session has been a washout so far because of the Narendra Modi government's "stubborn refusal" to have an immediate discussion on three pressing national issues -- "the recent revelations regarding corruption by a business group, and the violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal".
Asked why the Congress Working Committee (CWC) resolution does not name the business group, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "The answer is the Adani group".
"The CWC believes the integrity of the entire electoral process is being severely compromised. Free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that is being called into serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission.
"Increasing sections of society are becoming frustrated and deeply apprehensive. The Congress will take these up these public concerns as a national movement," the resolution stated.
Addressing a joint press conference along with Ramesh and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, party general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal said the party discussed the political situation in the country for four-and-half hours and adopted the resolution.
He said the CWC has decided to constitute internal committees to look into electoral performance and organisational matters.
About the Assembly polls results in Maharashtra, Venugopal said the electoral outcome in the state was "beyond normal understanding and it appears to be a clear case of targeted manipulation".
