‘Take action to curb sale of illegal booze’

The special inspector general of police (L&O) of the state issued an order on Sunday for action to be taken on a daily basis to curb the sale of illegal liquor in the city.

Officials said that the decision to take strict action against the sale of illegal liquor was raised once again after the gang-rape incident at Kopardi in Ahmednagar, where three inebriated men allegedly raped and murdered a minor girl. A discussion on the same issue had taken place in the state Assembly. That apart, activist Anna Hazare, when he visited the family of the deceased in Kopardi village, had also called for a ban on liquor to curb such incidents.

The circular that special inspector general of police (L&O) Prabhat Kumar sent to every commissionerate in Maharashtra states several orders meant to stop the sale of illegal liquor.

One of these orders is that illegal liquor shops should be frequently raided and once the police seize a product, it should be destroyed immediately.