Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, May 31: Excise Department booked two persons under Sec 48 (a) of the J&K Excise Act, beside destroying 950 kgs of Lahan and 55 bottles of illicit liquor during different raids carried out against illicit liquor in Excise Range Kathua today.
The raids were conducted under the direction of Excise Commissioner, Mohd. Javed Khan and the active supervision of the Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu, Ghanshyam Singh.
The Excise team Kathua which conducted the raids was led by ETO, Excise Range Kathua, Sandeep Gupta, Inspectors Excise, Arun Kumar and Shadi Lal along with Excise staff. They raided the upper Saktachak, Chibbachak and Banyari areas of Kathua district to arrest the menace of illicit distillation of liquor.
During the course of raids two persons namely Ganju Ram S/o Karam Chand R/o Banyari, Marheen Kathua and Rakesh Kumar Singh S/o Ganju Kumar, R/o Banyari, Marheen Kathua were booked under sec 48(a) of J&K Excise Act for possession of illicit liquor.
In the process more than 950 kilograms of Lahan and 55 bottles of illicit liquor were recovered from state land and later destroyed by the team on spot.
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