A big liquor smuggling racket has been exposed in Panipat in which the accused used to send the blankets through transport by preparing fake bills in the name of the handloom business firm. On receiving the information, the handloom businessman reached the transport and found his firm’s bills where expensive liquor bottles were found wrapped in the blankets.
PANIPAT: A handloom businessman in Panipat exposed a big liquor smuggling racket going on in which handloom products were being despatched from Panipat to Gujarat from through transport. The unknown accused used to supply the handloom goods, mainly blankets in which expensive liquor bottles were being wrapped through transport by raising fake bills in the name of the handloom businessman’s firm. On receiving the information, the handloom businessman reached the transport office, where his firm’s bills were found and expensive liquor was packed in the consignment of a . On the complaint of the businessman, Vipin,a resident of Yamuna Enclave having a firm by the name of Arijana Handfabin Panipat, Chandnibagh police station, registered a case against the unidentified accused.
He works in a handloom shop in Noorwala. On Thursday, the complainant received information that an unknown person was sending goods to the transport centre in Sector 25 by making fake bills in the name of his firm. On receiving the information, he reached the transport centre and found two bills in the name of his firm, which were found to be fake and raised by an unknown person in the name of his firm. Information revealed that a rickshaw driver Babu had brought the goods for booking containing three bags delivered to the transport on these bills. He said that these goods have not been booked by him. When he asked the rickshaw driver, Babu, he said that he had also delivered two bags of goods on the bill of the same firm at Gujarat Transport Sabzi Mandi, Shiv Chowk., which were also found booked on a fake bill too. Police suspected that an unknown person was sending illegal liquor or narcotics to Gujarat on the basis of fake bills.
ASI Dheeraj said that he and his colleague were on patrol near Mittal Mega Mall, when they got information that goods were being sent to Gujarat by preparing fake bills of some company at Asher Green Transport located in Sector 25. When his team reached the spot, thry found the firm’s owner Vipin, transport manager Brijmohan and e-rickshaw driver Babu. After that, they reached the transport located in Sabzi Mandi and recovered two sacks from there too. Due to being late at night, the excise inspector could not be contacted. The Excise Inspector Vikas Singh reached the spot the next morning . When the police checked the sacks of goods under his supervision, expensive liquor bottles were found wrapped in the blankets. On the complaint of the victim, a case has been registered against the accused under BNS 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(4) and 61 Excise Act 1920 and investigation has been started, Sandeep Kumar, Incharge, Chandnibagh Police Station Panipat said.
