1 week ago
Gujarat Police Bust Fake Liquor Factory in Kutch
Police in Gujarat found a place where fake liquor was allegedly being made.
The place was in Adipur, in the Kutch district.
Officers found thousands of empty bottles and 600 bottles containing liquor.
They also found about 600 litres of chemicals and equipment used for making liquor.
Two men were detained in connection with the raid.
The bottles reportedly carried the label of a popular Indian-made foreign liquor brand.
The raid happened after 13 people died in a separate Bhavnagar liquor tragedy.
Police are investigating where the dangerous methanol and other chemicals came from.
Gujarat Police raided a makeshift fake-liquor facility in Adipur, Kutch, and detained two people.
Officials reported seizing about 9,400 empty bottles and 600 bottles filled with 180 ml of liquor.
The raid also uncovered roughly 600 litres of chemicals and liquor-making equipment.
The detained men were identified as Hitesh Bamaniya of Mumbai and Vijendra Jat of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
The operation followed a Bhavnagar tragedy that killed 13 people; officials said 67 had consumed methanol-tainted liquor.
- Who
- Gujarat Police detained Hitesh Bamaniya and Vijendra Jat; Border Range Inspector General Chirag Koradiya supervised the raid.
- What
- Police busted an alleged fake-liquor facility and seized bottles, chemicals, and liquor-making equipment.
- Where
- A shop in a busy marketplace near railway tracks in Adipur, within Gandhidham Municipal Corporation, Kutch district, Gujarat.
- When
- The raid took place on Tuesday and was reported on August 25, days after the Bhavnagar tragedy.
- Why
- The operation targeted illicit liquor production and followed deaths linked to methanol-tainted spurious liquor.
Key facts
- Bottles reported seized
- About 9,400 empty bottles and 600 filled bottles, according to the police account; another report described the total as about 10,000 flasks.
- Bottle contents
- The police account said the filled bottles contained 180 ml of liquor; another report referred to 750 ml bottles in the separate Bhavnagar incident.
- Chemicals
- Approximately 600 litres were seized; another report described the quantity as more than 600 litres of an unknown chemical.
- Location
- Adipur area of Gandhidham Municipal Corporation, Kutch district, Gujarat.
- People detained
- Hitesh Bamaniya of Mumbai and Vijendra Jat of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
- Bhavnagar tragedy
- Thirteen people died, and officials said 67 people consumed liquor containing methanol.
- Related arrests
- Police had arrested 27 people in the Bhavnagar case.
- Legal context
- Gujarat is a dry state where the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol are banned.
Quotes
Chirag Koradiya
Inspector General of Police for Gujarat’s Border Range
“Around 9,400 empty bottles and 600 others filled with 180 ml liquor were seized along with 600 litres of chemicals from a makeshift factory at Adipur in the district.”
theprint.in
“Some empty and filled liquor bottles and chemicals have been seized. We have detained two accused. Further action is underway.”
theprint.in
Sources
Related news
Police Say Kutch Duplicate Liquor Chemicals Came From Outside Gujarat
Gujarat Toxic Liquor Deaths Rise To Eight; 39 Treated
Gujarat Methanol-Laced Liquor Death Toll Rises to 13
Four Dead, 18 Hospitalised in Gujarat Spurious Liquor Case
Bhavnagar Spurious Liquor Deaths Leave Eight Dead, 25 Hospitalised
