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Kiran Kabadi

Vijayanagar

excise department

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Man’s innovation knows no bounds. Using, a person was selling liquor illegally at sky-high prices during the lockdown. The accused, identified as, a resident near, was nabbed byofficials.Kabadi would post the picture of a liquor bottle on his Instagram page and quote a base price, usually three times higher than the MRP. He would call for bids, and the highest bidder would get the supply near their house.Payment would be made through e-wallets. First, Kabadi would do a recce of the drop location. He would then place the bottle, cover it with an old newspaper and secure it with a stone. “The accused was selling Blenders Pride (750 ml) for Rs 5,000 as against the MRP of Rs 1440.The team, pretending to be vegetable vendors and, nabbed him while he was waiting for the customer,’’ said BR Hiremath, Deputy(West), Excise Department.