PATIALA: Patiala police on Sunday morning busted a series of secret underground bunkers that were being used to illegally distil country-made liquor at Marrori village in Samana sub-division, 30km from right here.
After the raids which led to the registration of six cases against 18 individuals, Patiala senior superintendent of police (SSP) M S Sidhu suspended the station area officer (SHO) of Samana Sadar police station, sub-inspector Naraian Singh, and the incharge of Mavi Kalan police submit, Chhaju Singh, for failing to stay a check on bootleggers.
The SSP said he would be writing to raised authorities for charge-sheeting Samana deputy superintendent of police (detective) Rajwinder Singh, and has at the moment sought an evidence from him for his “loose supervision” and “ineffective regulate over subordinates”.
The early-morning raids were performed by way of around 50 cops. While some bunkers were detected inside of properties, others were discovered at the Ghaggar riverbed. In all, 5 males were arrested.
Sidhu said they had gained a tip-off that individuals in Marrori village were interested in bootlegging and had even arrange bunkers to arrange country-made liquor. He said they had now not but ruled out the possibility of the 2 suspended police officials being hand in glove with the bootleggers.
Nearly 50 cops swooped down on Marrori village on Sunday morning. The workforce was led by way of inspector Vijay Kumar, incharge of the crime investigating agency (CIA) of Samana, and he was accompanied by way of Samana City police station SHO Surinder Bhalla. The suspended SHO was also a part of the raiding workforce. After raiding properties in the village, the raid spread to the banks of Ghaggar river, where a couple of bunkers were discovered.
The police workforce recovered a huge amount of country-made liquor dumped in these bunkers, following which six FIRs were registered against 18 individuals. Around 50 litres of illicit liquor and five,000 litres of undistilled liquor were seized in the raids.
The SSP said villagers had put a machine in position to alert each and every different in case of police raids. He said when cops reached the village, many concerned bootlegging fled, leaving at the back of uncooked material and undistilled liquor. He said the raids to nab the ones booked in the six FIRs were being performed.
After the raids which led to the registration of six cases against 18 individuals, Patiala senior superintendent of police (SSP) M S Sidhu suspended the station area officer (SHO) of Samana Sadar police station, sub-inspector Naraian Singh, and the incharge of Mavi Kalan police submit, Chhaju Singh, for failing to stay a check on bootleggers.
The SSP said he would be writing to raised authorities for charge-sheeting Samana deputy superintendent of police (detective) Rajwinder Singh, and has at the moment sought an evidence from him for his “loose supervision” and “ineffective regulate over subordinates”.
The early-morning raids were performed by way of around 50 cops. While some bunkers were detected inside of properties, others were discovered at the Ghaggar riverbed. In all, 5 males were arrested.
Sidhu said they had gained a tip-off that individuals in Marrori village were interested in bootlegging and had even arrange bunkers to arrange country-made liquor. He said they had now not but ruled out the possibility of the 2 suspended police officials being hand in glove with the bootleggers.
Nearly 50 cops swooped down on Marrori village on Sunday morning. The workforce was led by way of inspector Vijay Kumar, incharge of the crime investigating agency (CIA) of Samana, and he was accompanied by way of Samana City police station SHO Surinder Bhalla. The suspended SHO was also a part of the raiding workforce. After raiding properties in the village, the raid spread to the banks of Ghaggar river, where a couple of bunkers were discovered.
The police workforce recovered a huge amount of country-made liquor dumped in these bunkers, following which six FIRs were registered against 18 individuals. Around 50 litres of illicit liquor and five,000 litres of undistilled liquor were seized in the raids.
The SSP said villagers had put a machine in position to alert each and every different in case of police raids. He said when cops reached the village, many concerned bootlegging fled, leaving at the back of uncooked material and undistilled liquor. He said the raids to nab the ones booked in the six FIRs were being performed.
Village raid reveals underground liquor distilleries, two cops suspended
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