Overview

• YSRCP MP P. V. Midhun Reddy has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a CBI investigation, calling the racket a large inter-State crime that endangers public health and urging coordination with NCB, CBIC, FSSAI and other agencies.
• Excise Minister Kollu Ravindra says enforcement teams seized 30 cans of spurious liquor along with fake labels, cartons and sealing equipment, suspended an excise sub-inspector for negligence, and warned of action under BNS Sections 353 and 356 for spreading false information.
• Officials say the Mulakalacheruvu case has identified about 21 accused with multiple arrests, naming key accused Addepalli Janardhan Rao linked to ANR Bar & Restaurant in Ibrahimpatnam, as the department tightens border checks and expands regional testing labs.
• The ruling TDP has suspended two leaders after alleged links surfaced in the investigation, while the government maintains that action will be taken regardless of political affiliation and that past spurious liquor cases from 2019–2024 will be examined.
• Reported seizure volumes vary across accounts, including figures citing equipment and liquor worth roughly Rs 1.75 crore with about 1,050 litres of spirit and 1,500 litres of bottled liquor, which authorities say remain subject to ongoing verification.