Ahmedabad: In a bid to cater to pent up demand of alcohol, two brothers, were caught for running a manufacturing unit of IMFL (Indian made foreign liquor) at their residential flat in Ambawadi. Cops from the prevention of crime branch (PCB) held the duo on Thursday.
The accused were allegedly filling up branded and premium liquor bottles with country made liquor at their home. A PCB officer said that the two accused were identified as Hitendra Jain alias Bunty and Jitendra Jain alias Tino. Both resident of flat number-3 at Kamla apartment near Shreyas Crossing, Ambawadi. The two used to collect empty liquor bottles from scrap. Then they use to paste new stickers of same brand and sold it in Bhadra and Raykhal areas. They also had their clients in the posh areas of the city like Satellite and Vastrapur.
“They mixed some chemical substance and essence of whisky in the country made liquor to enhance the taste, which could have proved fatal for the consumers,” said a PCB official. Police further said that the accused procured chemical and essence from two men named Mahesh Marwadi and Bheruji Marwadi from Valinath Chowk in Naranpura. Police have begun investigation and are tracing their clients and from where the duplicate stickers were printed and purchased. Police have recovered goods worth Rs 2 lakh from them along with 235 liquor bottles and 60 caps of liquor bottles. Cops have booked the two accused under the prohibition act and sent them for Covid-19 test.
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