Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a bootlegger during a naka checking and recovered illicit liquor from his possession.
A police spokesman in a statement said that a police party led by SHO Soura intercepted an individual carrying a bag during a naka checking at main Chowk Soura Srinagar.
“During the search, 21 bottles of illicit liquor were recovered from the possession of Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh son of Sawariya Sheikh resident of Katchama Kralpora,” he said.
A case FIR No. 48/2019 under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Soura and investigation has been initiated, said the spokesman.
