BJP Leader Among 2 Held With Illicit Liquor Worth Rs 10 Lakh

A BJP leader and one other person were arrested with illicit liquor worth Rs 10 lakh in the Barkheda police station area of Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district on Friday. The accused have been identified as BJP district media in-charge Shyam Bihari Bhojwal and Babu from Uttarakhand.

PTI

Updated on: 15 April 2023 5:22 am

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A BJP leader was among two persons allegedly arrested with illicit liquor worth Rs 10 lakh in the Barkheda police station area of this Uttar Pradesh district on Friday.

According to a statement issued by the Superintendent of Police (SP), a team from Barkheda Police Station, along with the joint team of the excise department recovered a large amount of illicit liquor from a vehicle and arrested two accused.

The two accused have been identified as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district media in-charge Shyam Bihari Bhojwal and Babu, a resident of Gadarpur police station, Kotwali Sadar, district Rudrapur in Uttarakhand.

BJP district president Sanjeev Pratap Singh said Bhojwal is the former district media incharge and added that a report for further action will be taken once the police investigation gets over.