COIMBATORE: As many as six employees of the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) were suspended for selling liquor illegally.
The suspended employees were identified as Kanagaraj, Muthukumar, Antony, Kumaresan, Kandasamy and Jayaganesh.
According to sources, liquor bottles were smuggled out of the Tasmac outlets in Avinashi, Udumalpet and Uthukuli when they were opened unofficially. Subsequently, senior officials launched an inquiry a few days ago. “It was revealed that six of the employees had smuggled the bottles to sell them for higher prices. The bottles were sold at local dhabas and several other places,” a source said. TNN