<p>Over 8,300 bottles of illicit liquor were seized during a late Friday night raid at a godown allegedly owned by Aam Aadmi Party’s candidate from Uttam Nagar constituency Naresh Balyan. </p>.<p><br />A case has been registered at Uttam Nagar police station. However, Naresh has not been named in the case as the ownership of the godown is yet to be confirmed. <br /><br />Police say the recovered liquor was meant for distribution during the forthcoming Assembly elections.</p>.<p><br />AAP blames BJP<br />On Saturday, the Aam Aadmi Party said Naresh has got nothing to do with the recovered liquor and alleged it was old tactics of Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress to defame them.<br /><br />According to police, the bottles were stashed in 497 cartons at a godown in Om Vihar Phase-1.<br /><br />“We received information that illicit liquor was being transported from Haryana to Delhi for distribution amongst voters,” said Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav.<br /><br />A team of crime branch was deputed to keep a watch over such influx of illicit liquor from neighbouring states.<br /><br />On Friday, specific input was received that a huge haul of illicit liquor was stacked up in the godown.<br /><br />The information was also shared with the area returning officer (RO) and the local police.<br />“The RO along with flying squad and local police also reached the spot.<br /><br /> A search was conducted in the presence of all these officers and a huge haul of illicit liquor was recovered from the godown,” Yadav added.<br />DH News Service</p>
<p>Over 8,300 bottles of illicit liquor were seized during a late Friday night raid at a godown allegedly owned by Aam Aadmi Party’s candidate from Uttam Nagar constituency Naresh Balyan. </p>.<p><br />A case has been registered at Uttam Nagar police station. However, Naresh has not been named in the case as the ownership of the godown is yet to be confirmed. <br /><br />Police say the recovered liquor was meant for distribution during the forthcoming Assembly elections.</p>.<p><br />AAP blames BJP<br />On Saturday, the Aam Aadmi Party said Naresh has got nothing to do with the recovered liquor and alleged it was old tactics of Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress to defame them.<br /><br />According to police, the bottles were stashed in 497 cartons at a godown in Om Vihar Phase-1.<br /><br />“We received information that illicit liquor was being transported from Haryana to Delhi for distribution amongst voters,” said Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav.<br /><br />A team of crime branch was deputed to keep a watch over such influx of illicit liquor from neighbouring states.<br /><br />On Friday, specific input was received that a huge haul of illicit liquor was stacked up in the godown.<br /><br />The information was also shared with the area returning officer (RO) and the local police.<br />“The RO along with flying squad and local police also reached the spot.<br /><br /> A search was conducted in the presence of all these officers and a huge haul of illicit liquor was recovered from the godown,” Yadav added.<br />DH News Service</p>
