3 arrested, 5 litres of illicit liquor, 3 working stills destroyed
By: Sayed Zahid
Rajouri: Excise Department on Wednesday destroyed three working stills, five litres of illicit liquor and 250 Kgs of Lahan during raids, carried out to arrest the menace of illicit distillation and sale of illicit liquor in Excise Range Rajouri-Poonch.
On the directions of the Excise Commissioner, Kishore Singh Chib and Supervision of Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu Kusum Sharma, a team of Excise Eradication and Enforcement Wing led by Narinder Singh and Excise team Rajouri led by Muhammad Arif along with Inspector Muhammad Farooq raided DevakAthal, Batal, Makool Nallah, Nether, Patah and Laam areas of Rajouri.
The raids were conducted to arrest the menace of illicit distillation of liquor and illicit sale of IMFL.
In the process, five litres of illicit liquor from possession of three accused namely Jarnail Singh, son of Baldev Singh of Devak Batal, Surinder Singh, son of Karnail Singh of Devak Batal and Ranjut Singh, son of Karnail Singh.
The raiding team also recovered three working stills, 250 Kgs of Lahan, raw material of illicit liquor, which is highly hazardous and injurious to health from state land and later destroyed on the spot.
