5 cops arrested for stealing seized liquor, table fans from Gujarat police station

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Five cops, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) were arrested for stealing 125 seized liquor bottles and 15 table fans worth Rs 1.97 lakh from a police station in Gujarat's Mahisagar district, an official said on Saturday...

The liquor bottles and fans were stored in the women's lock-up at the Bakor police station in Khanpur taluka, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) PS Valvi told news agency PTI...

Valvi said, "Bakor police had seized 482 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) and 75 table fans from a person who was trying to smuggle liquor into Gujarat by hiding them behind the boxes of table fans," adding, "As the room meant to store such articles was full, they were kept in the women's lock-up."..

However, while cleaning the lock-up, empty or broken boxes of IMFL bottles and fans were found, the official said.. Upon inspection, it was revealed that 125 IMFL bottles worth Rs 1.57 lakh and 15 fans worth Rs 40,500 were missing, following which an FIR was filed on November 13, as per DSP Valvi...

The CCTV footage further showed Khant along with head constable Lalit Parmar entering the lock-up at around 10 pm and coming out while carrying some liquor bottles, it said...

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