Case Filed After UP Police officers Blame Rats For Lacking Cartons Of Seized Liquor
Efforts are on to seek out the place the seized liquor has long gone, the police mentioned. (Representational)
Etah:
A probe has been introduced right into a declare by way of officers of an area police station in Etah, Uttar Pradesh, that rats have been in the back of the disappearance of a lot of seized cartons of illicit liquor from a strongroom.
A senior police officer mentioned over 1,400 cartons of liquor have long gone lacking from the Kotwali Dehat police station in Etah and a case has been registered towards Station Area Officer Indreshpal Singh and clerk Rishal Singh.
Alternatively, a normal diary on the police station mentions that 239 cartons were broken by way of rats, which the senior police officer mentioned appears to be fishy and unacceptable.
Superintendent of Police, Etah, Udai Shankar Singh on Sunday showed the improvement and mentioned {that a} probe is on on this regard. He, alternatively, refused to elaborate additional.
A senior police authentic of the district mentioned: “Per week in the past, it got here to gentle that round 1,450 cartons of illicit liquor seized are lacking from Kotwali Dehat police station.”
When requested whether or not some cartons were broken by way of rats, the police officer mentioned: “The overall diary of the police does point out that 239 cartons have been broken by way of rodents. Alternatively, this isn’t applicable, and it sort of feels that the subject is fishy. It’s been most likely finished to hide the goof-up.”
A case has been registered towards SHO Indreshpal Singh and clerk Rishal Singh. Either one of them had no longer became up to explain the incident in spite of summons issued of their names, he mentioned.
In the meantime, Vikas Kumar, a police officer from Aligarh who’s probing the case, mentioned: “Efforts are on to establish as to the place the seized liquor has long gone.”
