Early Times Report KATHUA, Jan 18: Excise Department destroyed 970 Kgs of Lahan during different raids carried out to arrest the menace of illicit distillation and sale of liquor in Excise Range Kathua. On the directions of the Excise Commissioner Talat Parvez Rohella and supervision of Deputy Excise Commissioner (Executive), Jammu S. Amarjeet Singh, the Excise Team comprising of ETO Savita Chouhan and ETO Eradication Virender Singh Billawria along with Insp Enforcement, Office of Excise Commissioner Imtiaz Ahmad Khan, Range Inspectors Excise Arun Kumar and Razi Ahmad, SI Sanjeev Kumar, Vikas Khajuria Excise Guards Rajinder Singh, Mohd Sharief, Jyoti Prakash Sharma, Vijay Kumar and Sanju Kumar raided the Persochak, Chardyala and Saktachak areas of Kathua district to arrest the menace of illicit distillation of liquor. In the process more than 970 Kgs of Lahan raw material of illicit liquor, which is highly hazardous and injurious for health was recovered by the raiding team from state land & later destroyed on spot. |