The state excise department is working out modalities for setting up a dedicated lab at their directorate in Ranchi for testing liquor seized during raids to ascertain if they are spurious in nature.
The department, as of now, doesn’t have any dedicated lab of its own for testing seized liquor and has to rely on other agencies, which is often time consuming and also pose problems to legally prosecute culprits.
Confirming the department’s plan, joint excise commissioner Gajendra Singh on Sunday said, “If all goes well, in another one month’s time, we should be able to have our full fledged lab at our directorate for testing of liquor. This will help the department for timely testing of the liquor for taking appropriate action (against accused).”
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