Mizoram Excise dept trashes social media rumour about liquor

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Press Trust of India Aizawl
Last Updated : Jan 03 2017 | 5:57 PM IST
Mizoram's Excise and Narcotics department today officially denied campaigns from some quarters in the social media that liquor sold in the wine shops in the state were not healthy for human consumption.
An official statement said that the liquor sold in the wine shops in Mizoram were of the same quality as sold in other states and were certified by experts to be safe for human consumption.
"The department never allow any consignment without certificate of analysis by experts from the distilleries to be unloaded in the Bonded Warehouses," the statement said.
A post in the Facebook went viral in different whatsapp groups stating liquor sold in the state were unfit for human consumption and that continued drinking by the populace would be genocidal.
Wine shop owners association leaders said that they were contemplating submitting FIR against the those behind the posts.

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First Published: Jan 03 2017 | 5:57 PM IST

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