IMFL cartons worth Rs 1.5 lakhs seized from Grocery Shop in Bijni

IMFL cartons worth Rs 1.5 lakhs seized from Grocery Shop in Bijni

Bijni: In a major crackdown, Bijni Police on Sunday evening seized around 56 cartons of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 1.5 lakh rupees from a grocery shop at Ananda Bazaar area.

As per police report, the proprietor of the grocery shop identified to be as Sujit Das was allegedly in involved in running this illegal trade since last couple of months.

Meanwhile, Sujit Das was reportedly absconding from his residence, however, police is thorough conducting an investigation in connection to the matter.

Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) is the official term used by governments, businesses and media in India to refer to all types of hard liquor manufactured in the country other than indigenous alcoholic beverages such as fenny, toddy, arrack and others.

IMFL is also referred to spirits that are produced in foreign countries and imported to India in bulk quantities and bottled in an Excise Bonded Warehouse by the Importers.

A common characteristic of many IMFLs, distinct from spirits elsewhere in the world, is that irrespective of the final product the starting ingredient is a neutral spirit distilled from molasses, a byproduct of the sugar industry. This neutral spirit at 96% alcohol by volume is first reduced to 42.8% using dematerialized water, whereupon flavors and other spirits are added. Caramel coloring is added at this stage to impart colour to the spirit. Most commonly, grain or malt-based whisky, which may include imported Irish or Scotch whisky, is blended with the spirit.

Assam Excise earns revenue of Rs 824.92 Cr in Jan-June for the year 2019.

State Excise Minister Parimal Suklabaidhya earlier in the Assembly session informed that the excise revenue was Rs 118.94 crore, 116.64 crore, Rs 194.24 crore, RS 141.93 crore, 123.71 crore and Rs 129.46 crore respectively between January and June this year.

He further mentioned that Guwahati has 313 Indian- made foreign liquor (IMFL) shops, 178 IMFL bars, 38 country liquor shops, and revenue earned from annual renewal of their licence amounted to Rs 10,50,65,00.

Mentioning that Suklabaidhya also clarified that the State government is aware of liquor being smuggled into Assam from neighbouring states, therefore, preventive measures were undertaken by the Government.

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