144 boxes of spurious liquor seized

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, June 29

The Kurukshetra police have recovered 144 boxes (1,728 bottles) of spurious country liquor from a liquor vend (SSB Wine) on Guhla road and registered a case under various sections, including Excise and Copyright Act after Piccadily Agro Industries Limited alleged that fake liquor under its brand ‘Masti Malta’ was being sold in Pehowa, on Sunday.

A case has been registered against SSB Wine owners and partners Baljeet Singh, Palwinder, Gurjant, Sushil, and Sonu, under various sections of the Copyright Act, the IPC and the Excise Act.

Devender Kumar, SHO, Pehowa, said “We have recovered 144 boxes of duplicate liquor and the matter is under investigation. The suspects are yet to be arrested and more raids will be conducted in connection with the case.”