Bootleggers kill policeman in 'dry' Gujarat

A constable was murdered by some bootleggers in Rajkot when he tried to raid a house where liquor was stored. This is the second incident of bootleggers targeting policemen in "dry" Gujarat. HT reports.

A constable was murdered by some bootleggers in Rajkot when he tried to raid a house where liquor was stored. This is the second incident of bootleggers targeting policemen in "dry" Gujarat.

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Pramod Avadhvasi was killed in the early hours of Thursday. "The assailants threw his body on the highway to make it look like an accident," said a police officer. "Haka Koli, a notorious bootlegger, is the main suspect."

On Monday, a truck carrying liquor tried to run over a policeman in south Gujarat, when he tried to intercept the vehicle.

"We have asked the police to tighten monitoring at interstate borders," said SK Nanda, additional chief secretary (home).