Berhampur: Bada Bazaar police have busted a spurious liquor manufacturing unit run by a police constable at Langaldei Hanuman Nagar under Dipahandi police station limits in Ganjam district.
Police have arrested the accused police constable identified as Chinimini Barik who serves in the bomb squad of Reserve Police, an autorickshaw driver Ranoj Das and an employee of the spurious liquor manufacturing unit Babu Sahu.
Police have seized 404 bottles of spurious India Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), empty liquor bottles, 2 litres of spirit, 1 litre distillate, and labels of different reputed liquor brands from the spurious liquor manufacturing unit at Barik’s farmhouse.
According to reports, acting on a tip, Bada Bazaar police on Friday night detected spurious liquor being transported in an autorickshaw.
Upon inquiry, the driver of the autorickshaw Ranoj Das revealed that the stock belonged to constable Chinimini Barik.
Following that police raided constable Barik’s farmhouse at Langaladei Hanuman Nagar under Digaphandi police limits leading to the busting of the spurious liquor manufacturing unit.
