Mysuru: The Excise Department, which had seized 433.82 litres liquor and 91.140 litres of beer in 13 cases, has destroyed the seized liquor as per the order from the Mysuru Rural District Excise Deputy Commissioner. The seized liquor was destroyed on Nov. 15 in the presence of Hunsur Sub-Division Excise Department Deputy Superintendent M.D. Mohan…
Oppn. leader Ashok alleges Rs. 900 cr. ‘hafta’ collection in Excise Department
November 7, 2024Bengaluru: Opposition Leader in Legislative Assembly R. Ashok has alleged that, large scale irregularities amounting up to Rs. 900 crore is suspected to have occurred in the Excise Department, that demands the resignation of Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur and the intervention of Enforcement Directorate (ED). Addressing the media here on Wednesday, Ashok said, earlier rowdies…
Big Bribe barb against Excise Department
November 6, 2024Bengaluru: Beleaguered Congress Government in the State that is in news for wrong reasons due to multi-crore scam at Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited, site scam at Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and Karnataka State Waqf Board claiming ownership of farm lands and other long held assets of mutts and temples, has…
‘Excise Minister Thimmapur cause for corruption’
November 6, 2024Mysuru: S. Guruswamy, President of Federation of Wine Merchants Association, Karnataka, has alleged large scale irregularities of several hundreds crores of rupees in Excise Department, pinning the blame on Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur as the progenitor of corruption. Speaking to a vernacular news channel, Guruswamy said, the irregularities is not merely valued between Rs. 18…
LS: Excise Control Rooms set up
March 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: As a measure to conduct the LS polls in a free and fair manner, the Excise Department has set up Control Rooms across the district to receive complaints of any illegal activities or illegalities in respect of production, stocking, transportation and distribution of liquor. Control Room phone numbers are as follows: Office of the…
Excise Control Rooms set up to curb liquor movement
March 24, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Even before the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct in the district for the forthcoming Assembly elections, the Excise Department has strengthened its actions against unauthorised sale of liquor besides curbing the movement of liquor across the district and the Constituencies that come under it. The Department has drawn up an elaborate plan…
Duplicate liquor manufacturing unit raided
January 22, 2022Two arrested, 650 litres spirit, labels, packing machines, two bikes seized Mysore/Mysuru: A team of Excise Department officials and staff, who raided a duplicate liquor manufacturing unit on the outskirts of city yesterday, have arrested two persons besides seizing 650 litres spirit, labels, three packing machines and two bikes from them. The raid was conducted…
Booze Up! Liquor sales up despite just 4-hour shopping window
June 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Despite just 4-hour business (6 am – 10 am) during lockdown in Mysuru, the Excise Department has managed to increase sales by 10 to 15 percent. The short purchase window period has not deterred anyone from purchasing their favourite booze. Even the Government does not seem to be feeling much of a pinch as…
Excise Department takes measures to curb illicit liquor
June 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Excise Department has taken measures to curb storage, transportation and sale of illicit liquor in the district. In a press release, the Deputy Commissioner of Excise said that despite lockdown and semi-lockdown in force in several States, the illicit liquor tragedy in a Uttar Pradesh village, which claimed the lives of at least…
Illegal sale of liquor during lockdown: Accused arrested; car, liquor seized
May 31, 2021Hunsur: Excise Department officials have arrested a person on charges of selling liquor illegally during lockdown and have seized a car and liquor packs from him. The arrested is 42-year-old Vasanthkumar of Karimuddanahalli village in the taluk. The officials have seized the car (KA-45-M-2827) and about 40 litres of Original Choice 90 ml liquor packs….
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