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1,440-kg lahan, illicit liquor seized in Amritsar village, raiding team attacked
Police recovered 1,440 kg lahan (raw material used for producing liquor) and 100 bottles of illicit liquor during a raid at a house in Amritsar district’s Khiala Kalan village on Tuesday night
Police recovered 1,440 kg lahan (raw material used for producing liquor) and 100 bottles of illicit liquor during a raid at a house in Amritsar district’s Khiala Kalan village on Tuesday night.
The police team came under attack in which Lopoke station house officer (SHO) Rajwinder Kaur sustained injured and the uniform of a head constable was torn, it was alleged.
The raiding team arrested one of the accused, Harjit Singh, while his father Jagir Singh managed to flee from the spot. The raid was conducted after the police got a tip-off that Jagir Singh and his son were involved in bootlegging, officials said.
A spokesperson of the Amritsar (rural) police said, “On Tuesday evening, a police team was patrolling near Khiala Kalan when they got information about the accused. When the team raided the house, the father-son duo attacked them with sticks. SHO Rajwinder Kaur had her hand injured while head constable Sharabir Singh’s uniform was torn in the melee.”
A case was registered against the accused under sections 61 and 1-14 of the Excise Act, sections 186 (voluntarily obstructing public servant), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant), 332 (causing hurt), and 34 (act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code at the Lopoke police station.
In March, an illicit liquor manufacturing unit was busted at Khiala Kalan with the recovery of 100-tonne lahan, 1,780 litre illicit liquor, 6 stills, 62 drums among other things.
