Three bootleggers held in stakeout

As he was getting into the car, the police overpowered the two of them and took them into custody. They seized 1,980 pouched of country-made liquor of 200 ml each from Rampur Distillery.

On being questioned, Rajesh Gulati, who was supposed to drive the car from the Gurudwara, disclosed that Jail Singh — the man who had driven the car to the Gurudwara — his mother and his brother were all engaged in the supply of wholesale liquor.

His job was to sell this liquor to bootleggers in Delhi. He said that he had given his car along with Rs 9,000 to Jail Singh a few hours ago. At the time of the arrest, the latter was returning the car after stacking it with liquor bottles.

Jail Singh disclosed that he was from the Sansi tribe and his family too was engaged in this business. He said that a wholesale liquor supplier brings a truckload of these pouches from Meerut to Mohan Nagar, informs all the stockists on cellular phone. They were part of the distribution network. The police later raided Jail Singh’s brother house from where they seized 90 pouches of country-made liquor and Rs 2 lakh in cash. A case under the Excise Act has been registered against all three.