Onam liquor sales in Kerala reach Rs 665 crore; increase of Rs 41 crore from last year
Thiruvananthapuram: The liquor sale in the state in the first nine days of Onam, till Uthradom on Monday, reached Rs 665 crore and the figure has seen an increase of Rs 41 crore as compared to Rs 624 crore in the same period last year.
The sale of liquor through Kerala State Beverages Corporation (Bevco) outlets on the day of Uthradom alone has increased by Rs 4.1 crore, from last year's Rs 112 crore to Rs 116.1 crore this year, reports Times of India. The outlet at Irinjalakkuda topped in the sale of the day with Rs 1.06 crore. Asramam Port outlet in Kollam was second with a sale of Rs 1.01 crore.
Three more outlets had sales crossing Rs 90 lakh on the day – Changanassery with Rs 95.7 lakh, Court Junction Cherthala with Rs 93.7 lakh and Payyannur with Rs 91.6 lakh.
The Bevco officials have said that the total business till Avittam on Wednesday is expected to be Rs 770 crore; it was Rs 700.6 crore last year.
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Explosion near CRPF School in Delhi caused by lit cigarette butts: Report
New Delhi: The investigation team that probed the explosion that took place outside the CRPF School in the Prashant Vihar area of the city on October 20 morning has reportedly not found any terror force behind the blast.
The investigation team, consisting of Delhi Police and staff members from central agencies, has stated in its report that cigarette butts thrown by a local resident might have come in contact with industrial waste and have caused the explosion. Circumstantial evidence does not show the incident to have a terror angle to it, reports The Indian Express.
The Delhi Police, the city bomb squad and the fire brigade had rushed to the spot following the explosion, which was initially believed to have been caused by a crude bomb. The forensic experts who inspected the spot hinted at the presence of potassium chlorate, hydrogen peroxide and some electrical wires there. The school wall had been damaged and the windows of a car nearby had shattered in the explosion.
The investigation team scanned the CCTV camera footage and zeroed in on around 10 people questioned. A senior police officer said that a North Delhi-based businessman from Prashant Vihar was found to be present at the spot around five minutes before the explosion, as he had come there on Sunday morning to walk his dog. The CCTV footage showed him smoking and, after questioning him, the team concluded that he had left lit cigarette butts before leaving the spot, the officer added.
The spot where the explosion took place is learned to have been usually used for dumping garbage and also has a public urinal.
An officer has said that the Delhi Police had consulted forensic and technical experts of the National Security Guard regarding the things found on the explosion site but are yet to get the report. The officer added that they have found no detonator so far.
