Jagran correspondent, Gurugram. The police have also arrested the supplier in connection with the recovery of illegal foreign liquor worth Rs 10 crore from The Theka Wine Shop located near Signature Tower, Gurugram on December 9. He was identified as Mudit Kumar, resident of Jal Vidyut Nagar Sector 21, Faridabad.
Raids are being conducted in many districts
The SIT has arrested Mudit after interrogating contract partner Sugriv, who was deported from Bali to India on Monday night. SIT has so far arrested six accused in this case. The main accused Surendra is still absconding. In search of him, raids are being conducted in Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat and other districts of Haryana.
SIT has arrested six accused so far
On the night of December 9, the Excise Department team raided a liquor vend named The Theka near Signature Tower Chowk and busted the evasion of excise duty worth about Rs 90 lakh. A total of 47,220 bottles of foreign liquor were recovered during the raid from the shop. The liquor bottles which were recovered did not have holograms and track-trace strips on them. Police Commissioner has constituted SIT under the leadership of ACP East Amit Bhatia to investigate the matter. The SIT has so far arrested six accused in the case.
Arrest made after deportation from Bali
This includes contract partner Ankush Goyal, resident of Narnail, Sugriv Kumar, resident of Fatehabad, manager Ajay Kumar, canter driver Ajay and accused Manoj who prepared fake bill. Contract partner Sugriva had fled Bali fearing arrest after getting information about the raid. With the help of central agencies, the police deported him from Bali and arrested him from Delhi airport on Monday night. He had given information about Mudit during interrogation.
Contract license in the name of Surendra
During interrogation, it was revealed that Mudit earlier worked for another wine supplier in Gurugram. After this it got busy in supply work. It was through this that foreign liquor was supplied to The Theka Wine Shop. According to SIT sources, many more names have emerged during the interrogation of Sugriv and Mudit. Soon he will also be arrested. However, the main accused Surendra is absconding in this case. The contract license is in the name of Surendra.
Used to misuse custom bonds
According to SIT, the accused supplier Mudit, arrested from Faridabad, has been taken on remand for four days. Police interrogation revealed that he, along with his other associates, used to send liquor requests to the Custom Department and then the Custom Department used to deliver liquor as per his demand through bond to bond.
The liquor has to be supplied from the wine shop where it is supplied after paying excise tax, VAT tax and applying hologram, but the accused Mudit and his other associates used to misuse the bond to bond and supply the liquor at some other place.
The accused, along with his associates, had misused the bonds to earn huge profits and had sent liquor to the shop without paying VAT, tax and without holograms and track-trace strips. In return, the accused received more than Rs 1 lakh for each delivery. He delivered liquor in this manner several times in two months.
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