Ambala : The operations continued for two and half hours in village Dhanoura in Ambala district in the presence of huge police force in the early hours of the day in which the district administration in co-odination with Ambala Police demolished the illegal factory manufactured fake spurious liquor illegally that killed over 20 persons consumed poisonous liquor in past few days. The operations were carried out by the rural development department in Dhanoura village. According to the police, the land belonged to Uttam, a local resident, and an agreement was arranged by another local Puneet with gangster Shamsher Singh alias Monu Ram and the factory was set up with operations being managed by Ankit alias Mougli. The liquor preparation unit was raided by the police during the intervening night of November 8 and 9; hours after la rge number of people lost their lives in Yamunanagar and Ambala district after they consumed liquor and started vomiting and few of them started losing their eye-sight.
During the raid, police recovered packed bottles, 14 large drums, 4 small drums, a drum filled with Fevicol, 30 sacks of empty plastic bottles, stocks of Ethanol and equipment to fill and seal the bottles. Police also recovered most of the bottles and stocks from the nearby sugarcane farm. It was later observed that the labourers, who were also arrested had emptied the factory and thrown the raw materials in the adjoining farm to see raiding staff. Meanwhile, Yamunanagar police brought gangster Monu Rana lodged in a Haryana jail on a production warrant in connection with the investigation of the ase, who was produced before a court and remanded to two days custody with CIA-2 unit. Information revealed that Ankit alias Mougli, the mastermind in this case had come in contact with gangster Monu Rana in Kurukshetra jail when he was undergoing trial in an NDPS case. Rana is accused of funding the illegal factory and liquor vend that supplied the spurious liquor from where the victims had purchased the liquor and lost their lives. According to information, police have arrested 12 accused in Ambala and 17 accused in Yamunanagar in connection with the tragedy.
After the incident of Yamunanagar and Ambala tragedy, Karnal police started raids when Assandh police conducted a raid in three villages and recovered that illicit liquor was being manufactured in a cow shed at village Khedi Safli and seized 150 kg ‘Lahan’ and spurious liquor filled in bottles, arrested as many as three persons against them a case was also registered by the police. Investigation also revealed that gangster Monu Rana and his companions had helped the prime accused Ankit Mougli to install a factory when boh were lodged in Kurukshetra jail. Mougli had purchased Ethanol to manufacture spurious liquor of value worth Rs 2 crore to prepare spurious liquor from Anshul Garg a resident of village Kambopura. Empty bottles were procured from a supplier in Kalas Amb. Stickers were supplied by Ravinder Pal alias Babloo from Delhi and essence for the liquor was purchased by Mougli from Chandigarh. Ambala police started an investigation against all suppliers. According to the police investigation team Mougli was earlier having as many as 10 cases registered against him allegedly involved in drug smuggling and preparing illicit liquor.
