Two booked for selling liquor after Dera Bassi MLA shares video

Two men were booked for selling liquor amid the curfew after Dera Bassi MLA NK Sharma shared a video on social media.

Two men were booked for selling liquor amid the curfew after Dera Bassi MLA NK Sharma shared a video on social media.

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The accused, Ranjit Singh and Sonu, work at liquor vend in the Dera Bassi market.

“I had been receiving complaints of liquor being sold despite curfew orders. When I reached the spot, I found people standing in a queue and liquor being sold at higher rates,” said Sharma.

Police impounded the sale proceeds from the liquor vend, which have yet to be counted.

“We have sought a report from the excise department on the liquor stocked. It is an authorised liquor vend,” said Satinder Singh, SHO, Dera Bassi station.

A case under the Excise Act was registered.