Key accused in spurious liquor racket in A.P. picked up at Gannavaram airport

The Prohibition and Excise (P&E) officials probing the alleged spurious liquor racket connected Friday reportedly took into custody Addepalli Janardhana Rao, who is facing the complaint of manufacturing spurious liquor astatine Mukalacheruvu successful Annamayya district.

He was allegedly supplying the spurious liquor stocks to Ibrahimpatnam successful Vijayawada, which was being bottled successful a barroom and edifice being tally by Janardhana Rao and his member Addepalli Jaganmohan Rao.

The officials raided ANR Bar and Restaurant, located astatine Ibrahimpatnam, successful NTR district, a fewer days agone and seized a immense quantity of spirit, unlabelled liquor bottles, bare bottles, stickers of assorted liquor brands.

The Excise constabulary arrested Jaganmohan Rao, 2 others – Badal Dasu and Pradeep Dasu and produced them earlier the court. Janardhana Rao has been named an accused successful the Mulakalacheruvu spurious liquor racket.

Acting connected a tip-off that Janardhan Rao was returning from South Africa to India, the excise officials rounded him up astatine Gannavaram airdrome connected Friday evening.

“We are questioning Janardhana Rao. The lawsuit is being investigated from each angles,” said an serviceman associated with the probe.