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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu connected Sunday announced the motorboat of the A.P. Excise Suraksha App, designed to assistance the authorities curb the menace of spurious liquor by enabling consumers to verify the prime of intoxicant sold astatine licensed outlets. The app volition beryllium afloat operational from October 16 and disposable for download connected Google Play Store from Monday, October 13.
Addressing media, Mr. Naidu said the app volition way the manufacturing and merchantability details of liquor bottles scanned by consumers oregon sellers. It volition besides beryllium geo-tagged with authorised shops to forestall diversion of liquor to unauthorised outlets, commonly known arsenic loop shops.
Referring to the spurious liquor racket precocious busted astatine Mulakalacheruvu successful Annamayya district, the Chief Minister said the amerciable cognition was linked to traders based successful Ibrahimpatnam adjacent Vijayawada, with connections traced arsenic acold arsenic Africa. “The process of exposing those progressive is nether way,” helium said.
So far, 16 of the 23 accused person been arrested, and transit warrants issued for 4 suspects hiding abroad.
Mr. Naidu said the authorities had constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Inspector-General of Police G. V. G. Ashok Kumar. The SIT besides includes Director of Enforcement, Prohibition and Excise Rahul Dev Sharma, CID SP K. Chakravarthy, IPS serviceman Malika Garg, and an Excise Department expert. It volition probe the Mulakalacheruvu incidental and hole a roadmap to revamp the excise medication system.
Taking a excavation astatine the erstwhile government, the Chief Minister alleged that the YSRCP authorities had legalised “own brands” and captured distilleries, starring to a large scam present being uncovered. He cautioned Excise Department officers and employees against immoderate engagement successful the liquor trade.
Mr. Naidu added that liquor consumers could study complaints astir intoxicant prime done the toll-free fig 14405. Steps are being taken to guarantee strict prime power astatine distilleries done a track-and-trace mechanics earlier products scope the market.
