AHMEDABAD: Dead men are ingesting liquor in the dry state of Gujarat! Believe it or not, the state home department has asked prohibition officials to make sure what number of health liquor allows have been issued in the name of dead persons.
According to senior police sources, the large exercise of personal verification of health allows, which was suspended by way of the state government in March 2017, is being carried out once more in response to a case registered in ‘A’ department police station of Rajkot during which a person had got health liquor permit in 2016 in the name of one Sikander Mamri of Rajkot who had died in March 2007.
“The “ghost” permit was issued allegedly in connivance with the then superintendent of prohibition and excise, R B Bhatt who is yet to arrested, M G Patel (MD) Rajkot, the reliable of Rajkot Mamlatdar office - who had allegedly issued income certificate to the accused and a doctor of Gondal Hospital, Bhanji Bagda, who had beneficial the liquor permit. Bagda was granted anticipatory bail while other accused who were arrested are out on bail,” mentioned a senior police reliable.
Police mentioned the accused were booked below sections 466 (forgery of report in public office) 468, 471,114 of IPC for forging paperwork to conspire and get the health liquor permit issued in the name of a dead guy.
“The unexpected fact is that not only did the person arrange to get a health liquor permit in the name of a dead guy however he controlled to get it renewed for an extended time frame,” mentioned an investigator. The permit was issued in 2011 and was renewed 4 times till 2015.
“However, the person who had got the health liquor permit number 12060 issued in his name is yet to be recognized. The then superintendent of prohibition and excise, Bhatt, who has retired might be arrested soon,” mentioned a most sensible Rajkot police reliable.
Sources from the prohibition department mentioned that the state home department has directed them to make sure health liquor allows of persons aged above 70 years.
“We really feel from the example of Rajkot, there might be more such pretend allows. We are calling up each and every such liquor permit holder in my view to make sure the main points,” mentioned a prohibition reliable.
However, prohibition officials added that they've come throughout health liquor permit holders whose members of the family are not conscious about them keeping such allows. “How could it be imaginable that members of the family are not conscious about the sickness in response to which the permit holder has got the permit? We would be recommending such allows for further scrutiny,” mentioned the prohibition reliable.
Upon suspicion that some health liquor allows were being issued on fictitious scientific grounds, the government had suspended issuance and renewal of health liquor allows on March 2018.
According to home department officials the brand new pointers on issuance and renewal of health liquor allows might be issued soon.
According to senior police sources, the large exercise of personal verification of health allows, which was suspended by way of the state government in March 2017, is being carried out once more in response to a case registered in ‘A’ department police station of Rajkot during which a person had got health liquor permit in 2016 in the name of one Sikander Mamri of Rajkot who had died in March 2007.
“The “ghost” permit was issued allegedly in connivance with the then superintendent of prohibition and excise, R B Bhatt who is yet to arrested, M G Patel (MD) Rajkot, the reliable of Rajkot Mamlatdar office - who had allegedly issued income certificate to the accused and a doctor of Gondal Hospital, Bhanji Bagda, who had beneficial the liquor permit. Bagda was granted anticipatory bail while other accused who were arrested are out on bail,” mentioned a senior police reliable.
Police mentioned the accused were booked below sections 466 (forgery of report in public office) 468, 471,114 of IPC for forging paperwork to conspire and get the health liquor permit issued in the name of a dead guy.
“The unexpected fact is that not only did the person arrange to get a health liquor permit in the name of a dead guy however he controlled to get it renewed for an extended time frame,” mentioned an investigator. The permit was issued in 2011 and was renewed 4 times till 2015.
“However, the person who had got the health liquor permit number 12060 issued in his name is yet to be recognized. The then superintendent of prohibition and excise, Bhatt, who has retired might be arrested soon,” mentioned a most sensible Rajkot police reliable.
Sources from the prohibition department mentioned that the state home department has directed them to make sure health liquor allows of persons aged above 70 years.
“We really feel from the example of Rajkot, there might be more such pretend allows. We are calling up each and every such liquor permit holder in my view to make sure the main points,” mentioned a prohibition reliable.
However, prohibition officials added that they've come throughout health liquor permit holders whose members of the family are not conscious about them keeping such allows. “How could it be imaginable that members of the family are not conscious about the sickness in response to which the permit holder has got the permit? We would be recommending such allows for further scrutiny,” mentioned the prohibition reliable.
Upon suspicion that some health liquor allows were being issued on fictitious scientific grounds, the government had suspended issuance and renewal of health liquor allows on March 2018.
According to home department officials the brand new pointers on issuance and renewal of health liquor allows might be issued soon.
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