Rajasthan’s Sikar Udyog Nagar police officials on Thursday have nabbed a truck driver and his comrade involved in liquor smuggling. The truck driver has been identified as Sukhwinder Singh and his associate has been identified as Baljinder.
As per the reports, the Ayurvedic medicine, that was being sent from Sikar to Assam via a truck, was allegedly stolen by the truck driver and his associate. Both started smuggling liquor from Haryana to Gujarat and other places by filling liquor under Shankhpushpi, a traditional herbal Ayurvedic medicine.
Police head, Pawan Chaubey said that Ved Prakash Agarwal, a resident of Anand Nagar area of the city has a firm called ‘Avinash Sales’. His firm works to supply the raw material of Ayurvedic medicine. His firm had sent a consignment of Shankhapushpi worth Rs 4 lakh on June 14 via Agarwal Transport Company at Sirsa in Haryana to Balipara, Gaurimari, Sonipura(Assam) for Dabur India Company.
Sixty thousand rupees were already paid for its transportation from Sikar. On June 23, when the medicine did not reach Assam, Prakash approached the transport office, Chaubey added.
During the investigation, the accused driver revealed their involvement in the liquor smuggling. The police are now trying to recover the Shankhpushpi.
Meanwhile, the anti-smuggling cell has arrested a liquor smuggler, identified as Shivam Bali of Ghati Mohalla, Ludhiana and recovered three cases of liquor from his possession. Jindi, an accomplice of the suspect, managed to give a slip to the police party.
The Sadar police also nabbed a person, Rahul Palta of Ranchi Colony, and seized 14 bottles of illegal liquor. He was nabbed from Tharike Road where he was waiting for his client to deliver the liquor.
