Spurious liquor case: Excise police take jailed former Minister Jogi Ramesh into custody

The Prohibition and Excise Department constabulary took erstwhile Minister and YSR Congress Party person Jogi Ramesh into custody for questioning for his alleged relation successful the spurious liquor case. Mr. Ramesh was Accused No.18 successful the case. The Excise constabulary took Mr. Ramesh, who was successful judicial custody, from the jailhouse connected Thursday (November 27, 2025).

The premier accused, Addepalli Janardhan Rao, successful a connection fixed to constabulary said helium was doing the spurious liquor concern with the assistance of the erstwhile Minister.

It was alleged that Addepalli Janardhan Rao and his brother, Addepalli Jaganmohan Rao, and others were manufacturing spurious liquor astatine Mulakalacheruvu successful Annamayya territory and astatine Ibrahimpatnam successful NTR district.

“The accused were maintaining amerciable bottling portion and liquor shops and selling the spurious liquor with fake labels and hallmark seals,” the Bhavanipuram Excise constabulary alleged. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed to probe into the lawsuit and truthful acold arrested 18 accused successful the sensational case.

“During probe it was revealed that the spurious liquor racket has links with Goa, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and different cities. The accused brought earthy worldly from antithetic places,” the Excise constabulary said.