Bihar police arrest two members of ‘liquor mafia’ from Guwahati

The prohibition unit of the Bihar police arrested two rich and powerful members of the alleged liquor mafia from a five-star hotel in Guwahati in Assam on the charges of supplying a huge quantity of alcoholic drinks and spirits to the dry state.

Sunil Bhardwaj alias Sunil Kumar of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh and Dorjee Funso Karimi of Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh were arrested on Friday.

Sunil and Dorjee are owners of at least 14 and eight companies, respectively, which manufacture liquor, ethanol and alcoholic beverages, or are engaged in allied activities. The factories and companies are in Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Goa.

Both are accused in at least 22 cases related to illicit liquor supply in different parts of Bihar and the special investigation team that arrested them has brought them to Patna.