Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Delhi Police Seize Over 3,200 Illicit Liquor Bottles
Delhi Police searched a house in Kusumpur Pahari after receiving a tip.
They found more than 3,200 bottles of liquor that police described as illicit.
Nobody was inside the house during the raid.
The premises allegedly belonged to a person named Pawan Gurjar.
On the same day, a 28-year-old man named Vikash was found hanging at a different house nearby.
Police said the two incidents were separate and found no initial evidence of foul play.
Vikash’s family said he had been stressed after losing his housekeeping job when its contract ended.
Police are continuing legal proceedings about the liquor seizure.
Delhi Police recovered more than 3,200 bottles of illicit liquor from a house in Kusumpur Pahari.
The raid followed a tip-off received during the intervening night of August 18 and 19.
The premises allegedly belonged to Pawan Gurjar, but no one was present during the search.
Police said the liquor recovery was unrelated to the death of 28-year-old Vikash in the same locality.
Preliminary inquiry found no foul play in Vikash’s death, and further legal proceedings over the liquor recovery are underway.
- Who
- Delhi Police conducted the raid; the premises allegedly belonged to Pawan Gurjar. Vikash, 28, was separately found dead at his residence.
- What
- Police seized more than 3,200 bottles of illicit liquor and said the recovery was unrelated to Vikash’s death.
- When
- The raid took place after a tip-off received during the intervening night of August 18 and 19; Vikash’s death was reported on August 18.
- Where
- At a house in Kusumpur Pahari, under the Vasant Vihar police station area in southwest Delhi.
- Why
- Police raided the premises based on a tip-off about illicit liquor.
- Liquor seized
- More than 3,200 bottles
- Location
- Kusumpur Pahari, southwest Delhi
- Police station
- Vasant Vihar police station
- Raid timing
- Intervening night of August 18 and 19
- Premises status
- No one was present during the raid
- Separate death
- Vikash, 28, was found hanging at a different residence
- Police finding
- No link or connection was found between the two incidents