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Illicit liquor brewing leads to arrest in Mambad after excise uncovers underground cellars.
Sachin (31), a native of Kannur, was among the 13 expatriates who died after consuming the toxic alcohol.
21 people who consumed the toxic alcohol lost vision.
Sources at the RTO office revealed that bribes were a routine affair for processing applications, but in Jerson’s case, a bottle of liquor was also a requirement.
Police have arrested seven people in connection with the case.
Scores of others are undergoing treatment at hospitals in Puducherry and Salem.
Alur police said the illicit liquor and spirit were recovered from a facility set up in a chicken farm run by the accused.
The action was taken based on a tip-off the Excise Commissioner's central squad received that production of illicit liquor would go up during the Christmas-New Year season.
Manorama News reported that 1200 litre of illicit liquor was seized from the unit.
The bottles had been stored to sell secretly as it is a holiday for liquor outlets on Sunday and Monday (October 2).
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