Overview

• Excise Minister Kollu Ravindra said enforcement teams seized 30 cans of spurious liquor along with fake labels, cartons and sealing equipment in the Mulakalacheruvu case.
• Officials briefed Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that 21 suspects have been identified with 12 arrests reported so far in the ongoing investigation.
• Investigators linked the case to individuals including Addepalli Janardhan Rao and his brother Addepalli Jagan Mohan Rao, with references to the ANR Bar & Restaurant in Ibrahimpatnam.
• One Excise sub-inspector was suspended for negligence, and the department stated that strict action will apply regardless of political affiliation.
• The government warned of prosecutions under BNS Sections 353 and 356 for what it calls misinformation about fake liquor, while citing strengthened border check-posts, five regional labs, and the Navodayam declaration of 21 districts as illicit-distilled-liquor-free.