Summary:
As many as 84 cartons of illicit liquor, liquor-making ingredients, illegal weapons and cartridges were seized from them. The illegal weapons included .315 calibre pistols, a 9 mm pistol, a 12-bore shotgun and over a dozen live cartridges. Also, 10 litres of adulterated liquor, 10 litres of rectified spirit and 1 kg of urea — all of which are used for preparing liquor — were seized from them.“During the encounter, three others managed to flee from the spot. After several rounds of firing between the police and the accused, Sushil Pradhan and his son, Vishal Pradhan, were arrested from the spot.”The police also seized a truck containing 84 cartons of illicit liquor made in Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh besides illegal weapons from the two accused. Meerut: A man and his son were arrested after they opened fire at a police party late on Saturday night..