Three civil hospital staff caught ferrying liquor in Vapi

TNN | Apr 30, 2020, 04:00 IST

Surat: Police arrested four persons in Vapi for allegedly ferrying 12 bottle of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 10,600.
Of those arrested, three are contractual employees of Valsad civil hospital and were using their employment status as emergency service workers to ferry liquor. The accused were identified as Jignesh Chauhan, who works as a clerk in the Valsad civil hospital; Pranav Patel, who is employed as sanitary inspector; and Jigar Patel who is a supervisor.
Police also arrested the liquor supplier Priyank alias Piyu of Namdha village. The accused were nabbed while they were travelling in a car on Namdha road near Vapi.
The accused had stuck a paper in front and back of the vehicle mentioning that the car was being used by emergency services staff. When stopped, the accused displayed their identity card, that stated that they were of employee in Valsad civil hospital.
The accused told police that they got the liquor from Priyank, who in turn had procured it from one Shankar from Daman. During search at residence of Priyank, police recovered one more bottle of liquor.
“The accused were going with liquor bottle and had ID cards of medical service staff. They tried to escape checking being employees of emergency services, but were nabbed,” said a officer of Vapi Town police station.