Rajkot: Two police constables from Rajkot city were arrested with 36 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and 32 cans of beer, totally worth Rs 22,000, from near Jambudiya village in Morbi district on Wednesday morning. The duo was caught after the SUV in which they were transporting the liquor from Kutch overturned.
Rajdeepsinh Jadeja (26) and Prithvirajsinh Jadeja, both posted at Malviyanagar police station in Rajkot were booked under the Prohibition Act. An additional charge of rash driving under the influence of alcohol was registered against Rajdeepsinh, who was driving the SUV that overturned.
According to police, the accused duo was coming from Kutch with the liquor and beer in an SUV. Rajseepsinh, who was drunk and driving the SUV could not control the speeding vehicle and it overturned near overbridge at Jambudiya village on Morbi-Wankaner highway.
Both the cops then blocked the road showing their police ID cards and stopped once van. They also began transferring the liquor bottles and beer cans from the SUV into the van. However, an alert citizen informed the Morbi taluka police station about the incident.
A team from the Morbi taluka police station reached the spot and arrested the two constables. Rajdeepsinh was found to be in an inebriated state, said investigation officer AA Jadeja of Morbi police. He said that both the cops have been arrested and further investigation in the matter was on.