Fake Liquor Manufacturing Unit Busted in Ranchi; Five Arrested, Thousands of Bottles Seized

Ranchi: Ranchi Police have busted an illegal liquor manufacturing unit operating in Malototi village under Mandar police station limits, arresting five people and seizing thousands of bottles of counterfeit branded liquor along with equipment and packaging materials.

The operation followed a tip-off received by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) about the large-scale production and sale of illegally manufactured Indian-made foreign liquor in the village. Acting on the information, a special police team was constituted and a raid was conducted at an under-construction building, where five people were allegedly caught manufacturing liquor.

The arrested accused have been identified as Pratyush Shahdeo, Kundan Kumar, Sanjay Singh, Rakesh Kumar and Vishnu Kumar.

Thousands of Bottles and Manufacturing Equipment Seized

During the raid, police recovered 2,040 bottles labelled OLD BLENDED OLD MONK and 840 bottles of ROYAL MANSION GOLD WHISKY.

The seized materials also included approximately 200 litres of prepared liquor, a jar containing 25 litres of liquor, 2,000 empty bottles, around 1,000 bottle caps, branded liquor stickers, a bottle-sealing machine and other manufacturing equipment.

Police also seized several vehicles allegedly connected with the operation, including a pickup tempo, a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle and a Mahindra SUV.

Illegal Supply Network Under Investigation

According to police, preliminary questioning revealed that the accused had allegedly been manufacturing illegal liquor for around a month. They reportedly supplied the products on demand to different parts of Jharkhand as well as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

The discovery points to a potentially wider inter-state distribution network involving the manufacture and supply of counterfeit branded liquor.

An FIR has been registered at Mandar police station, and further investigation is underway. Police are now examining the supply chain to identify other people involved in the operation and establish the full extent of the illegal liquor business.

The seized liquor, packaging materials and manufacturing equipment are expected to form key evidence in the investigation.

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