865 alcohol bottles seized from Wankhede post match

The Maharashtra State Excise Department clamped down on alcohol served beyond the permissible time during the Indian Premier League IPL match held between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday night The excise department impounded 865 bottles of assorted brands of imported wine champagne beer and vodka that were lying in VVIP chambers of the corporate stands A few bottles were confiscated as they were not on the list of the excise department Howzat The excise department impounded bottles of imported liquor that were lying in VVIP chambers of the corporate stands after the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday night According to excise officials the person who has acquired a daylicence has to surrender the booze to the collector after the event is over In this case the licence holder Ashok Singh employee of an event management company violated the set rules Out of the 60 VVIP corporate boxes that were raided 40 had alcohol bottles Shivaji Patil excise superintendent city said ldquoWe went for an inspection after the match and found liquor bottles lying in corporate boxes even after the prescribed time limit mentioned in the oneday party licence The licence holder should ensure that the bottles are released as soon as the permit time is over However we found bottles lying in boxes where they can be reused which is against the law Not only this there were bottles of liquor that were not even registered with the excise departmentrdquo ldquoThe cost of the material seized hasnrsquot been calculated yet but it will be huge As we have seized many imported bottles of Scotch and vodka that are exorbitant The cost will only be known tomorrowrdquo said Pilgankar subinspector excise department A case has been registered against the licence holder Ashok Singh who was issued oneday party license by the department ldquoIn such cases the material that was not surrendered is normally auctioned and the licence holder has to pay the fine that varies from Rs 5000 to Rs 50000 The collector takes the decision The non registered liquor will be disposed of by the excise departmentrdquo said PatilPatil also revealed that the huge quantity of liquor was seized from the Garware stand which is normally occupied by many leading industrialists Racket busted The state excise department recently busted two rackets where they found bootleggers mixing cheap liquor procured from neighbouring state Goa into bottles of premium alcohol brands On May 7 excise department seized 272 bottles of illegal liquor worth Rs14 lakh from a flat in Khar ldquoWe arrested two men named Gulam Satkar alias Pinto and Tuntun Singh The flat had a board of K P L Caterers Acting on a tipoff we raided the flat and found the duo mixing cheap liquor in duplicate liquor bottlesrdquo said Joshi inspector flying squad suburb A similar racket was busted in the last week of April when excise department seized 106 litres of Scotch from Evershine Nagar Malad This too was refilled in duplicate bottles List of a few liquor bottles that were not listed with excise Name u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0Quantity Pinky vodka 750 ml u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 3 bottles Absolut vodka 750 ml u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 1 bottle Black Dog 750 ml u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a0 u00a02 bottles Whyte amp Mackay blended Scotch u00a0 u00a0 u00a01 bottle Did you know Oneday party licence Rs 8500 Oneday wine party licence Rs 600 u00a0