IMFL worth Rs 1.20 crore being smuggled to Bihar seized in UP; 2 arrested
Chandauli (UP) (PTI): Over 710 cartons of Indian-made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth about Rs 1.20 crore being smuggled to Bihar, where alcoholic beverages are banned, was seized in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli and two smugglers were arrested, police said on Sunday.
Circle Officer (Sadar) Devendra Kumar said the consignment of liquor was being transported from Noida to Bihar via Chandauli.
Acting on a tip off, the police team intercepted a truck during checking near a petrol pump at Barthi Kamarour on National Highway-19.
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During inspection, sacks of putty were found loaded in the truck, and a search revealed 710 cartons of IMFL concealed behind them, he said, adding that the liquor is worth about Rs 1.20 crore.
The police arrested the truck driver, identified as Ali Bakhsh (27), a resident Jharkhand's Dumka. Another accused, Murtaz Ansari (40), a resident of Deoghar district, was also nabbed along with a Mahindra Bolero that was allegedly being used to provide location updates to the truck, the officer said.
A case has been registered against the accused under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Excise Act, and further legal proceedings are underway, the police added.
The Bihar government in 2016 enforced a complete ban on the manufacture, trade, storage, transportation, sale, and consumption of liquor in the state.
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Farmers need to work in organised manner to become economically stronger: Jayant Chaudhary
Deoria (UP) (PTI): Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal supremo Jayant Chaudhary on Sunday said farmers can expand their business by accessing better markets through farmer producer organisations and need to work in an organised manner to become economically stronger.
He said the government has increased the limit of the Kisan Credit Card to provide easy loans to farmers, but the benefits of such schemes will be fully realised only when farmers become aware and work collectively in groups.
Addressing a public meeting here, he said, "Farmers need to work in an organised manner to become economically stronger and can expand their business by accessing better markets through farmer producer organisations (FPOs)."
Chaudhary said farmers are by nature risk-takers as they take risks every season in agriculture.
"If the younger generation of farmers develops an understanding of business and management along with farming, the condition of villages can change significantly," he said.
Referring to the work done for farmers by his grandfather, former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, and his father, former union minister Chaudhary Ajit Singh, he said the NDA government is also working for farmers in line with their ideas.
He said farmers today are not helpless but represent the country's cultural heritage.
