Illegal liquor trade: Four arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau

All the accused were part of liquor syndicates in their respective areas, an ACB officer said, adding that one of the arrested, G Ajay Goud, is the brother of a corporator.

According to the officer, the other three were identified as Guduri Hanumantha Rao of Palakole syndicate in West Godavari district, Dontala Butchi Babu of Vizianagaram syndicate in Vizianagaram district and Loka Santosh Reddy of Bhodan syndicate in Nizamabad district.

All of them were sent to judicial remand, he added.

On June 6, the ACB had arrested 20 persons allegedly involved in 'benami' transactions after conducting searches in 15 districts across the state.

Investigation into liquor syndicates has revealed that they were running business allegedly in the names of 'binamidars' (ostensible owners) as wine shops have been allotted to BPL families, who have no financial resources to deposit huge amount for licenses.