3 cops held for bootlegging in Chhota Udepur

Vadodara | Sunday | 17th June, 2018

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He was transferred to Chhota Udepur six months back and appointed at Kadwal police station about three months ago. The two LRD personnel were with Kadwal police station since a year. Katara was living in the old building of the police station, which had been converted into a government quarter. VADODARA: At at time when the Gujarat police chief has directed his officers to act tough on bootleggers , three cops including a sub-inspector and two lok rakshak dal LRD ) personnel were arrested on charges of bootlegging and under various sections of the Prohibition Act in Chhota Udepur district on Saturday.Police sub-inspector JB Katara and two LRD personnel - Ranjitsinh Bhupendrasinh and Kanu Gigabhai - posted at Kadwal police station in Chhota Udepur were arrested after 265 liquor bottles were found from the house of Katara.Following their arrest, the trio was suspended by the assistant superintendent of police, Chhota Udepur, Dharmendra Sharma. Once we interrogate them we will know more details like to whom they were selling the liquor.” The police are expected to produce them before a local court on Sunday and seek their custody.Katara was an assistant sub-inspector in Dahod and was promoted to PSI rank after clearing the PSI exam conducted in 2017..