VADODARA: A constable of Vadu police station was arrested in Waghodiya on Sunday for allegedly transporting liquor in a pick-up truck from Madhya Pradesh.
Harsinh Rathwa, who is in police department for the last three years, was nabbed during a vehicle checking drive along a canal in Tavra village of Waghodiya taluka. When the pick-up truck approached the checkpoint, the driver’s behaviour seemed suspicious, so the cartons inside were checked.
A stock of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 1.7 lakh was found in the carriage of the truck. When questioned, Rathwa revealed that he is a cop with Vadu police station.
“He revealed that he had brought the liquor stock from MP for a bootlegger in Vadu named Vijay Mali,” said assistant superintendent of police Jagdish Bangarwa. Mali too was arrested during the day.
“We have sent a team to MP to arrest the person who had sent the liquor stock,” Bangarwa added.