The game of selling liquor above MRP continues, threats on asking for bill – questions on the role of Excise Department

On January 5, in Balaghat Lanjhi, Rs 200 more was collected from the excise expert on the bottle of Black Dog, the shopkeeper threatened on protest.

Bhopal/BalaghatIn most of the districts of Madhya Pradesh, the trend of selling liquor at liquor shops at prices higher than MRP is not showing any signs of stopping, The arbitrariness of liquor traders is running openly in almost most of the cities of the state including Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, The game of over-rate is openly going on under the nose of the Excise Department, The situation is such that if a customer demands to be given liquor or bill as per MRP, it has become common for him to be threatened by the alleged henchmen sitting at the liquor shops, There have been many cases of intimidating and silencing customers who talk about the rules,

Big brands also overrate, threat on demand of bill

The latest example of this came to light in Balaghat district on January 5, when an excise expert bought a bottle of Black Dog brand from a liquor shop. The maximum retail price (MRP) of the bottle was around Rs 2400, but the shopkeeper demanded Rs 2600. When the customer asked for the bill questioning the overcharging, he was threatened. This incident raises serious questions on the functioning of the Excise Department. After all, with whose connivance is this open looting of liquor shops going on? The silence of the department responsible for monitoring the rules raises doubts.

Liquor is being sold at religious places in mockery of Chief Minister’s order.

Here, the illegal liquor business is also flourishing day by day in the state. Liquor ban was announced by the Chief Minister at 17 religious places, but the situation at the ground level seems to be just the opposite. The growing gap between the government’s claims and reality is now raising questions on public trust.