Punjab Hooch Tragedy: Seven Excise Officials, Six Policemen Suspended in Illicit Liquor Scam

New Delhi: Punjab Prime Minister Captain Amarinder Singh ordered the suspension of seven special tax officials and six police officers in connection with the Hooch tragedy and launched an investigation against him. The death toll in the tragedy increased to 86.

A total of 25 arrests have been made in the case. According to the Punjab Police DGP, Dinkar Gupta, a mafia mastermind, a female drug lord, a transporter, a wanted criminal, and owners/managers of various dhabas from where the illicit liquor was supplied are among the accused. arrested.

The dhabas, identified as Zilmil Dhaba, Green Dhaba, Chhinda Dhaba in Shambhu and Banur, and Rajpura in Patiala, have been sealed.

Describing the modus operandi of the defendants, the DGP said that the trucks carrying alcohol stopped at 6-7, identified Dhabas and the owners of Dhaba picked up the hitch from the truckers and sold it to a Bhinda, a resident of Pipla Road, Rajpura, and Bittu from a village near Banur.

The spirit was being supplied by these people to Amritsar and its surroundings.