Liquor worth Rs 64K seized from govt hospital canteen in Valsad, two nabbed

Surat: Police seized 80 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 64,000 on Saturday from a tin shed behind canteen of Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS), a government run hospital in Valsad. The spot from where the liquor was seized is a few meters away from Covid-19 ward of the hospital.
Following specific information police had raided the canteen and recovered the liquor bottles. Two employees of the canteen Shyam Thakur and Usha Thakre were detained for allegedly possessing the liquor. The accused will be arrested after their Covid-19 tests.
Ashish Thakar, a resident of Jolva village in Surat district, runs the canteen and has been named as the main accused in the case. Thakar is on the run.
The liquor was stored in a tin shed that was used to store canteen goods.
“It is suspected that the accused was selling liquor since last three months. We are investigating who else are involved in the crime,” said a police officer in Valsad.