Case Filed After UP Cops Blame Rats For Missing Cartons Of Seized Liquor

A senior police officer said over 1,400 cartons of liquor have gone missing from the Kotwali Dehat police station in Etah and a case has been registered against the Station House Officer and a clerk.

Efforts are on to find where the seized liquor has gone, the police said.

A probe has been launched into a claim by officials of a local police station in Etah, Uttar Pradesh, that rats were behind the disappearance of a large number of seized cartons of illicit liquor from a strongroom.

A senior police officer said over 1,400 cartons of liquor have gone missing from the Kotwali Dehat police station in Etah and a case has been registered against Station House Officer Indreshpal Singh and clerk Rishal Singh.

However, a general diary at the police station mentions that 239 cartons have been damaged by rats, which the senior police officer said seems to be fishy and unacceptable.

Superintendent of Police, Etah, Udai Shankar Singh on Sunday confirmed the development and said that a probe is on in this regard. He, however, refused to elaborate further.

A senior police official of the district said: “A week ago, it came to light that around 1,450 cartons of illicit liquor seized are missing from Kotwali Dehat police station.”