Noida police arrests key man behind illegal liquor factory in Ghaziabad

The Gautam Buddh Nagar police Monday said they have arrested the key person who was running an illegal factory in Ghaziabad that was busted in the last week of September.

Bobby Tomar alias Langda was absconding since September 26, when a police team from Noida Sector 24 had raided the Ghaziabad's Tronica City based factory.

Around 15,000 litre of illicit liquor worth an estimated Rs 50 lakh was seized from the factory in a record haul in recent times by the city police and four persons arrested in the action, according to officials.

The factory, which was running under the garb of a "juice manufacturing" unit, was being managed by Tomar, 38, they said.

"Since the raid, the police were tracking Tomar's movement. On a tip-off from informers, we got to know that he would be coming to City Centre. Police teams were mobilised and Tomar was arrested this morning," Sector 24 Station House Officer Pankaj Pant said.

Tomar was running the factory for gangster Amit alias Bhoora, who is presently lodged in the Patiala jail, according to the police.

He was also involved in managing other illegal businesses of Bhoora, the police said, adding his role in other nefarious activities was being ascertained.

Tomar, a resident of Baghpat district, has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 272 (adulteration of food or drink intended for sale), 273 (sale of noxious food or drink) and related offences, the police said.

Tomar has been remanded in judicial custody, SHO Pant said.

During the Operation 'Yellow Water' of the Gautam Buddh Nagar police in September, a bootlegger was held by the Sector 24 police station. Developing on the information obtained from him, the police team had raided the "juice factory" inTronica City in the Sector 2 of Ghaziabad's Loni area to unearth the illegal liquor factory.

According to the police, they had recovered 15,000 litres of alcohol, ethyl alcohol,caramel chemical stashed in 200 drums, each having a capacity of 100 litres; empty bottles, wrappers, sealing machines, and three tanks of 5,000 litres each filled with liquor.

A truck, loaded with 600 cartons of liquor, a hatchback car and a motorcycle were also impounded in the raid, they said.

While four people were arrested from the factory, the Ghaziabad police had suspended a SHO, a police post in-charge, and alocal beat constable for alleged dereliction of duty.