Bhachau

Abhishek Joshi

Gandhidham

BJP Bhachau

Umiyashankar Joshi

Kutch Express

By: Kulsum YusufThe 24-year-old son of a political leader fromwas arrested on Tuesday allegedly for smuggling liquor into the State. Railway police nabbedfromRailway Station reportedly with 354 bottles of IMFL and 96 beer tins. Abhishek is the son ofPresidentand BJP Bhachau councillor Malti Joshi.PSI C M Sondarva, investigation officer, said, “We were carrying out regular patrolling on Tuesday morning when we saw a person, Abhishek, get down from. The train had come from Bandra and was going to Bhuj. The man was carrying trolley bags that seemed very heavy. This raised our suspicion. We checked the bags and found Indian Made Foreign Liquor of various brands worth Rs 45,300.”The cops arrested Abhishek and presented him before court that remanded him to six days in police custody. Sondarva added, “We are investigating where he bought liquor from, and where he was planning to sell it. We are checking if he made frequent trips out of State.” It is interesting to note that Abhishek was booked in connection with a murder case in Bhachau in 2011but he got bail out as he was a minor at the time. Mirror tried contacting Umiyashankar Joshi but he was not available for comment.