NOIDA: Officials of the excise department raided a party at Appu Ghar Express in The Great India Place (TGIP) mall on Friday night and arrested the manager of the amusement outlet for allegedly serving liquor on the premises without permission.Altogether 78 bottles of beer and India-made foreign liquor were recovered in the raid, which was carried out around 9.45pm. According to officials who were in the team, the bottles of whiskey had been sourced from neighbouring Delhi, where liquor is relatively cheap than UP.District excise officer Rakesh Singh said two places had been raided on Friday night following a tip-off, the other being a hotel at Hazipur in Sector 104, where, too, liquor was being served without permission. Appu Ghar Express at TGIP mall is situated next to the Decathlon store.“We raided both places following a tip-off. No liquor was being served at the hotel in Hazipur. But guests were being given liquor at Appu Ghar Express. No permission had been sought for liquor at both the parties. Excise rules require everyone to take permission from the excise department for serving liquor, even in a day-long party,” he said.The liquor bottles at Appu Ghar were found both on the counter and under it. Counter manager Vikas Bhattacharya was asked for documents to serve liquor, but he could not furnish any, the excise officer said.The FIR lodged against Vikas, a resident of Kalyanpuri, mentions he had admitted to serving liquor at the party. The liquor seized included 75 bottles of Tuborg Strong (650ml), one bottle of 100 Pipers (750ml), one bottle of Black Dog (750ml) and one bottle of Smirnoff (500ml).An FIR has been lodged against Vikas under Section 63 of the UP Excise Act.Virendra Tyagi, liasoning manager for TGIP, said the mall did not have anything to do with Appu Ghar Express as its management was entirely different. “We are unaware about the management as TGIP mall has no link with Appu Ghar Express,” he said.A search on Google reveals that Appu Ghar Express is owned and operated by MJ Entertainment Private Limited, a subsidiary of International Amusement Limited.

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