An organised syndicate of liquor mafia allegedly kidnapped a 54-year-old social worker Ashok Dhodi, who was also associated with a political party, in Palghar district on January 20. Gholwad police have made no headway in the investigation in the last one week, alleged his son Akash.

“Gholwad police have only registered a missing person’s complaint, despite giving them strong pieces of evidence to establish the link of a notorious liquor mafia and his accomplices,” he added.