Jalore : Jalore, as an important route of liquor smuggling, now Bharat Mala Project is becoming a helper and shelter for smugglers. Evidence of this has been found in a major action taken by the Excise Department team on Saturday near Sangriya in Hanumangarh. Punjab made liquor worth Rs 32 lakh was recovered from a truck during action on Bharatmala project. From the spot, truck driver Bhanwarlal son of Tulcharam Jat resident of Jyani Ki Dhani Naya Bada police station Bagora (Sanchaur) and helper Kaluram son of Birmaram Jat resident of Dabli post Sirana police station Sayla (Jalore) were arrested. The accused were smuggling liquor in trucks filled with wooden sacks. Let us tell you that a big corridor of Bharat Mala project has been built, which connects Punjab through Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jodhpur through Jalore district to Bagora, Sanchore on one side. Sanchore has a direct connection with the state of Gujarat, where liquor is banned. This is the reason why the huge network of smuggling is spread from Punjab, Haryana to Gujarat. This is not the first time that liquor manufactured in Punjab or Haryana has been seized in the state. However, the situation has changed in the last two years and now after the completion of the Bharatmala project, smugglers have started using it as a route. In this matter, SP Gyanchandra Yadav says that special teams are on alert to stop smuggling activities.
Important topic related to state revenue
Excise A special campaign against illegal liquor is being run by Commissioner Rajasthan, Udaipur. Under this campaign, action was taken on Bharatmala Road near Sangriya on Saturday as per the instructions of Additional Excise Commissioner Zone Bikaner, Deputy Commissioner Excise Anti-Violence Team Zone Bikaner. Kamal Singh, the patrol officer of anti-excise team Sangriya, said that the truck going to Gujarat was stopped and searched. In which 160 cartons of English liquor and 650 cartons of beer cans were recovered. Liquor bottles are marked as ‘Salable in the State of Punjab’.
The network is running like this
Jalore-Sanchore Police and Excise Department teams take action from time to time to curb smuggling activities, but despite this the smugglers succeed. It has often come to light in police action that smugglers load huge quantities of liquor in trailers or trucks and reach Jalore-Sanchaur district. Here liquor is dumped at various places in the border area and then this liquor is transported to Gujarat by opportunistically using small vehicles.
Role of local smugglers
Punjab This huge network of liquor smuggling from Gujarat to Gujarat is not driven only by trucks or porters. This network also includes big liquor mafias in Punjab and big smugglers of Sanchore and Jalore districts. Police is trying to reach these smugglers. Let us tell you that the distance from Bharat Mala Project from Sangriya to Sanchaur is 669 km and the journey can be covered through this route in just 10 to 12 hours without any interruption.
This type of investigation so far
accused He is on remand for three days and interrogation is ongoing. Following the trail of the accused, the team reached Punjab. Initial inquiry revealed that the driver and passenger reached the Punjab border. Where members of the smuggling gang were found in a deserted area. Left them at the hotel and took the car. After a few hours, he reached the car with liquor and gave it to the driver. After that, the driver left for Punjab as per the fixed route. Initial inquiry revealed that they had to deliver the vehicle to Ahmedabad in Gujarat.
