Panchkula, June 2

The Panchkula police today claimed to have arrested the seventh accused in the illegal liquor factory case, which was unearthed in the HSIIDC, Barwala, on May 25.

The accused have been identified as Dinesh Bansal, a resident of Sector 20, Panchkula. The accused was produced in a local court today which remanded him in judicial custody.

Earlier, the police had arrested six accused identified as Rahul Gupta, Sanjeev Singla, Ankit, Monty, Kamal and Ravi.

The CM Flying Squad had received a tip-off that some people were manufacturing and selling illegal liquor from a factory at Barwala. The accused were supplying liquor on the pretext of setting up water filtration systems. A team, led by ASI Vinod Kumar, and two officials of the Excise Department raided the factory on May 25. When they entered the premises, the four accused were packing the liquor bottles.

A case under the Punjab Excise Act, Haryana Excise Act and Sections 420, 308 and 120-B of the IPC had been registered against the accused. — TNS