Assam: Excise department of Barpeta started operation against illicit liquor

BARPETA: The Excise department of Barpeta has started its operation in Barpeta district against illegal liquor businesses which has been going on in the entire district for a long period. Barpeta district administration along with the police administration and Excise department team have damaged some illicit liquor businesses and seized some of it.

In some tribal areas this local liquor business has been going on continuously. From those places illicit local liquor is being supplied to different corners of the town. As this locally made liquor is not scientifically made, people have to suffer from various diseases. Off late, the Excise, Transport and Fishery Minister of Assam Parimal Suklyabaidya talked with these departments on August 1.

Parimal Suklyabaidya ordered the Excise department to uproot this illicit liquor business. As per order, the Excise department has started the operation and seized illegal liquor from different places. On Friday, the Judicial Magistrate of Barpeta district Pritam Thakuriya, Excise Superintendent Manasjyoti Das, Excise Inspector ( Sadar) , Barpeta Tapan Ch Kalita and a group of police and Excise workers seized a huge amount of illicit liquor at Damradowa village in Barpeta district. The women of that place prevented the police team and attacked the police and excise force. A group of excise department also seized illicit liquor at Mandia area also and recovered bottles of beer, foreign and local liquor.

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