Rajkot police

Rashtriya Shala

Mahatma Gandhi

Rajkot

Gujarat

Based on a tip-off,find 700 bottles of IMFL atfounded by Gandhijimust be turning in his grave after learning that a school he founded has stocked liquor bottles. On Friday, thepolice uncovered a huge cache of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) stored at Rashtriya Shala founded by Gandhiji himself.is a dry state, where the sale and purchase of liquor is banned.The school which is a part of the current Gandhi circuit visited by tourists from all across the world was commissioned in Rajkot by Gandhi when India was still under British rule. The school was also closely associated with India’s non-cooperation movement. Today, it is a training-cum-production centre for patola, producing khadi and selling traditionally extracted edible oil.According to NK Jadeja, police inspector, A-Division police station in Rajkot, “On Friday morning, Rajkot police control room received a tip-off from an unknown caller. Based on the information, the police immediately sent a team to Rashtriya Shala campus and found the premises locked. The police broke open the lock and barged in. On conducting a search of the premises, they found 700 bottles of liquor stocked there. The police seized the IMFL bottles. However, the culprits have gone missing. The consignment of alcohol is worth Rs 5 lakh.”PSI Samra Gadhvi said, “Around 25 families live in the premises of Rashtriya Shala, behind the school. These are staff quarters allotted in 1920s. The house where the liquor was found belongs to Sandip Daxini who is on the run. We are investigating the matter.”