Caught with spurious liquor: Man arrested with 96 bottles of illicit liquor; investigation underway to trace distribution route

Chatra: A man was arrested with 96 bottles of spurious liquor late on Tuesday, the police here said. The accused Vijay Kumar, 30, was arrested at a vehicle check point near Pandeypura mosque under Hunterganj police station limits, the police said.“A motorcycle (JH13F-3586) was intercepted after cops found the rider’s movement suspicious. During interrogation, he identified himself as Vijay Kumar (30), a resident of Dharmpur village under Pratappur police station limits. Vijay was carrying a sack, which was searched. In it, four cartons in the sack contained 96 bottles of spurious liquor, each of 375 ml, were recovered,” Hunterganj officer in-charge Prabhat Kumar said in a press conference on Wednesday.Though the police probe is underway to ascertain where was the consignment headed, sources claimed it might have been bound for Bihar.A case has been registered at Hunterganj police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Excise Act, Kumar added.