Illegal sale of liquor rampant in Dharwad

Hubballi: Unabated sale of liquor in villages in the district continues despite efforts by the police and excise departments to nab the culprits.
Recently, the excise department seized tetra packs of the liquor being transported in a multi-utility van, while Alnavar police seized 32 tetra packets of alcohol.
In Kundagol police station limit, cops nabbed Parshuram Pujari of RM Lohia Nagar red-handed while selling whiskey packets procured from wine shops at the Hanchinal Cross. They seized 48 such packets and on the same day, Gudgeri police seized liquor worth Rs 6,000 being sold illegally, said the Dharwad police.
On August 31, the Navalgund, Kalghtagi and Garag police seized illegal liquor being sold in various areas in their limits. The Kalghatagi police seized 16 litres of whiskey of several brands and arrested one Ningappa Harijan of Hunasikatti village in Kalghatagi taluk for selling them illegally at a chicken shop in Hunasikatti village.
According to sources in the police department, the miscreants, to make quick money, procure liquor from liquor outlets and sell them in villages without wine shops.
Speaking to TOI, Manjunath Areguli, office superintendent at excise office, Dharwad said the department and the police are taking all measures. “We are seizing the alcohol being transported or sold illegally,” he said. The excise department, however, refused to give out the number of cases registered so far.
Dharwad superintendent of police Vartika Katiyar said said the department is taking efforts to end the menace. She also requested the public to share information on illegal sale of liquor with the police.