Liquor seizure case: Excise officer suspended

Solan, October 26

Assistant State Taxes and Excise Officer Jai Singh has been placed under suspension for three months after irregularities were detected at a Paonta Sahib-based beverage unit. He was the officer in-charge and responsible for causing loss worth lakhs to the state exchequer.

The officer has been accused of violating various provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964. As much as 13,802 litre of extra-neutral alcohol (ENA) was found stocked without any permit at Yamuna Beverages Private Limited (YBPL), Paonta Sahib, during a surprise inspection conducted in July.

ENA is a raw material used to manufacture alcohol. Irregularities were also found in the bottling stock and bottling hall among other violations as per the suspension orders accessed by The Tribune.

The officer is accused of causing loss of more than Rs 17 lakh to the state exchequer as 900 boxes of country liquor were seized by a team of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau in Una on October 16. — TNS