by Mayukh Goswami
Mangaldai : Big earning by a section of dishonest traders through Illegal selling, hoarding and transportation of 
IMFL during the days of mega festival, Durga Puja taking the opportunity of its strong demand happened to be a regular practice over the recent years in Darrang District. However this time such illicit practice under the strict vigilance followed by successful raids in suspected pockets has suffered a major setback. In one such successful raid carried out in Kharupetia area of the town on Wednesday night a huge consignment of illicit IMFL is seized while one person has been arrested. SP, Darrang, Sreejith T informed media that in the raid led by OC Kharupetia Police Station, Sub Inspector Chandan Goswami and well supported by DSP (HQ) Amit Kr Hojai and Sub Inspector KK Laskar, 378 nos of bottles filled with various brands of IMFL has been seized. One twenty four year old youth namely Pranjit Sankar of Ward No 4, Tilapatti area of the town has also been apprehended in the raid. Later the accused and the seized IMFL are handed over to the local staff of the Excise Department, he added.
