Bar Manager, Employee Held In Madhapur For Serving Adulterated Liquor To Customers
The arrested persons were mixing cheap liquor with expensive liquor by removing the bottles seal in the bar
Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise department here on Friday caught a bar manager and the employee red-handed for serving adulterated liquor to customers in Madhapur.
The adulteration committed by Troops Bar management at Ayyappa Society in Madhapur came to light when an excise team from Lingampally station made a surprise check and found the bar manager V Satyanarayana Reddy and employee Puneeth Patnaik serving adulterated liquor to customers.
The duo was found to be mixing cheap liquor with expensive liquor by removing the seal of liquor bottles in the bar. They were caught mixing Jameson liquor worth Rs.2690 with Oaksmith liquor worth Rs.1,000 in the bottle. The excise staff seized 75 bottles filled with cheap liquor and 55 empty bottles from the spot where the liquor was adulterated.
The investigation revealed that the bar management was making money by buying empty bottles from other liquor shops and mixing low-priced liquor in high-priced bottles and selling to customers. As the management not only failed to renew its license but also failed to place indent with the depot of Telangana Beverages Corporation Limited to buy liquor stock, the team made a surprise inspection.
The officials booked a case against the bar owner Udyakumar Reddy, manager Satyanarayana Reddy and employee Puneeth Patnaik under provisions of Excise Act and seized liquor bottles worth Rs.1.48 lakh. Both Satyanarayana Reddy and employee Puneeth Patnaik were arrested in connection with the case.
