Six men arrested for selling liquor at exorbitant prices

Tirupur: The Anupparpalayam police arrested six people on Thursday for hoarding liquor at Tasmac bars in Gandhinagar and selling it at exorbitant rates after 5pm.
Tasmac officials had received complaints about bar owners threatening Tasmac employees to sell liquor in bulk. Subsequently, a team consisting excise department officials, police personnel from Anupparpalayam station and Tasmac officials searched bars. They seized 3,500 liquor bottles worth Rs 5 lakh.
Owners of two bars identified as Mahalingam and Dhanapal and their employees Mahadevan, Karnan, Vijayakumar and Anand were arrested. They used to sell liquor to tipplers after 5pm at double the maximum retail price, sources said.