Apart from the IMFL bottles and the truck, we have also seized three motorcycles used by the accused who had come there to divide the share of the liquor bottles,” added the official. Rajkot: The sarpanch of Bhalchhel village near Sasan in Talala taluka of Junagadh district was arrested with a cache of 19,383 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL), worth Rs 21.49 lakh The state vigilance department officials who effected the raid and arrest identified the accused as Vallabh Parmar.“We had received a tip-off that a truck carrying the liquor supply was supposed to arrive at Parmar’s farm to offload the IMFL supply. Following this information, we kept a watch, seized the truck with the liquor bottles and arrested Parmar,” said an official from the state vigilance department.However, four bootleggers, identified as Ashwin Dhokadia, Kishor Vaghela, Salim Chorwada and Rasool, gave the police the slip and vanished into the cover of darkness.“We have launched a manhunt for the absconding bootleggers.
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