Hours after the CBI searched the Friends Colony residence of Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar, he was booked by Delhi Police for keeping 14 bottles of liquor at home in violation of the Delhi Excise Act. Police said they received a complaint against Kumar from an inspector of the Delhi Excise Department.

Police said an FIR has been registered against Kumar under Sections 33 and 38 of the Delhi Excise Act.

Police sources said the Delhi Excise Department moved after CBI officials informed them of the recovery of 14 bottles of liquor from Kumar’s residence.

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“During the raid, the CBI team found 14 bottles of liquor — two bottles of Blue Label, three bottles of Black Label, five bottles of Chivas Regal, a bottle each of Glenfiddich and Black Dog and two bottles of Teacher’s. According to the rules of the Delhi Excise Act, anyone can keep bottles of liquor up to 9 litres. What was recovered was above the permissible limit,” sources said.

The inspector of the Delhi Excise Department, police sources said, had seized all the bottles and filed a complaint against Kumar at the New Friends Colony police station.

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