Thirteen cartons of India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) were seized after a raid at a godown of Bihar Beverage Coporation here and two officials arrested in this connection, police said today.
At the instruction of Gaya District Magistrate Kumar Ravi and Senior Superintendent of Police Garima Mallik, police conducted raid at the corporation godown and recovered 13 cartons of IMFL last night, Deputy Superintendent of Police Alok Kumar Singh said.
The Beverage Corporation's Gaya division manager Rajendra Gupta and an Inspector of Excise department Ashok Kumar were arrested in this connection, the DSP said.
The two officials were arrested under the new Excise Act in action in Bihar since April last year, the DSP said.
In course of raid at the residence of the Beverage Corporation's division manager Rs 11.9 lakh were seized, Singh said.
The DSP said that it came to light that the two officials were promoting illegal trade of liquor in and around Gaya town after total probibition in the state.
The Beverage Corporation used to regulate sale of liquor in Bihar earlier, but after clamping of liquor ban it has stopped this function.
When reporters sought the leader of opposition Tejaswi Yadav's reaction over recovery of liquor bottles from government godown, he told them to ask the chief minister about this.
"Go and ask this to chief minister who is making tall claims about liquor law," Tejaswi Yadav told reporters outside state Legislative Assembly.
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