UP: Cops blame rats for disappearance of seized illicit liquor from police station
A probe has been initiated right into a declare by officers of a neighborhood police station that rats had been behind the disappearance of a big quantity of seized cartons of illicit liquor from a strongroom. A senior police officer stated over 1,400 cartons of liquor have gone lacking from the Kotwali Dehat police station right here and a case has been registered in opposition to Station House Officer Indreshpal Singh and clerk Rishal Singh.
However, a normal diary on the police station mentions that 239 cartons have been broken by rats, which the senior police officer stated appears to be fishy and unacceptable.
Superintendent of Police, Etah, Udai Shankar Singh on Sunday confirmed the event and stated {that a} probe is on on this regard. He, nonetheless, refused to elaborate additional.
A senior police officer of the district informed PTI, “A week ago, it came to light that around 1,450 cartons of illicit liquor seized are missing from Kotwali Dehat police station.”
When requested whether or not some cartons have been broken by rats, the police officer stated, “The general diary of the police does mention that 239 cartons were damaged by rodents. However, this is not acceptable, and it seems that the matter is fishy. It has been probably done to cover the goof-up.”
A case has been registered in opposition to SHO Indreshpal Singh and clerk Rishal Singh. Both of them had not turned as much as present a proof for the incident regardless of summons issued of their names, he stated.
Meanwhile, Vikas Kumar, a police officer from Aligarh who’s probing the case, stated, “Efforts are on to ascertain as to where the seized liquor has gone.”Â
