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TASMAC liquor outlets crossed Mayiladuthurai territory remained unopen till 3 p.m. connected Tuesday aft employees resorted to a flash onslaught condemning the registration of a constabulary lawsuit against unit of a liquor outlet astatine Sattanathapuram adjacent Sirkazhi implicit allegations of collecting ₹10 other per vessel from customers.
According to TASMAC employees’ national representatives, the Sirkazhi constabulary registered a lawsuit against supervisor Kamaraj and salesman Babu of the Sattanathapuram TASMAC outlet based connected a ailment lodged by a functionary of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). The ailment alleged that the employees had collected ₹10 successful excess of the prescribed terms for liquor bottles.
The contented of TASMAC outlets allegedly charging an further ₹10 per vessel has gained attraction successful caller weeks, with respective videos purportedly showing specified collections circulating wide connected societal media.
Condemning the constabulary action, TASMAC employees successful Mayiladuthurai territory went connected a onslaught and closed liquor outlets crossed the territory till 3 p.m. As galore arsenic 43 TASMAC shops reportedly remained unopen during the period.
More than 100 TASMAC employees submitted a petition to the District Collector’s Office, demanding withdrawal of the lawsuit and insisting that transgression cases should not beryllium registered earlier departmental inquiries are conducted.
The employees besides sought constabulary extortion astatine liquor outlets and urged the authorities to carnivore operational expenses incurred by TASMAC shops. Among their different demands were assignment of 4 employees successful outlets signaling income of ₹1 lakh a day, fixation of capable rent for store premises, deployment of workers for postulation of bare bottles with wages, outgo of ₹8 arsenic unloading charges per liquor carton, and compensation by the medication for liquor bottles damaged during handling.
