Two cops held for smuggling liquor in Gujarat's Sabarkantha

Representational Pic

Two police constables from Gujarat Police were among four arrested for allegedly smuggling Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) in Sabarkantha, the police said.

The Sabarkantha Local Crime Branch (LCB) on Thursday night arrested the four persons while smuggling Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) liquor worth Rs 34,000.

The two police officials were serving at the Aravalli district headquarters, sources said.

Aravalli District Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kharat while briefing the media persons on Friday said, "On Thursday evening Himatnagar Local Crime Branch had intercepted a scorpio vehicle which was without a registration plate, four persons were present in the car. On inspecting the vehicle, the Himatnagar LCB found 240 bottles of IMFL liquor worth Rs 34,000. The two main accused in the case are Rohitsinh Chauhan and Vijay Parmar, both serving at the Aravalli police headquarters."

They had collected IMFL bottles from the agriculture land owned by Vijay Parmar and were on their way to Gandhinagar to deliver to a bootlegger. Information is that Rohitsinh and Vijay smuggle liquor from Rajasthan and stored it at the farm of Vijay. From here, they used to deliver whenever a demand was raised by bootleggers, said the officer.

Also Read: Wrestlers protest: Vijender Singh demands thorough probe into allegations

The SP also said that in the past Vijay Parmar was arrested twice and suspended, the first case against Vijay Parmar was registered for liquor smuggling in Malpur police station, and the second time he was arrested for voluntarily causing hurt.

Police will take action against Rohitsinh and Vijay Parmar. This time it is seriously thinking of terminating their services.

The Aravalli police have been taking strict action against its own personnel who violate service rules. In the last two years,six cases have been filed against the police personnel for their alleged involvement in liquor smuggling.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever