Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 13: Excise Department today conducted raids in Bishnah and RS Pura excise ranges and booked two persons under Excise Act.
According to a spokesman of the Excise Department, an excise team led by ETO City, Excise Range South, Rohit Sharma, along with Inspector Ritesh Gupta and Sub Inspectors, Prashant Mathur, Manjeet Singh and Balwan Singh, conducted a series of raids at villages Kotli Mian Fateh, Deoli, Makhanpur, Salehar, Dablehar, Tarachak, Phinder, Khour, Kothey Bulande, Lalyana, Sheikhupura and Kreil Manhasa to arrest the menace of illicit distillation of liquor.
During the course of raids, two persons namely Neelam Kumari wife of late Surjeet kumar, resident of Salehar and Baldev Raj son of Kalu Ram, resident of Kothey Bulande, were arrested and booked under Section 48 of J&K Excise Act. Four bottles of illicit liquor were recovered from their possession.
Besides this, about 300 Kg of lahan and eight bottles of illicit liquor made from lahan, which is highly hazardous and injurious for health, were recovered by the raiding team from the State land and destroyed on the spot.
The raids were conducted on the directions of Excise Commissioner, Mohd Javed Khan and under the supervision of Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu, Ghanshyam Singh.
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