TN police bust two spurious liquor blending units
The Hindu
Hundreds of liquor bottles with fake labels, holograms seized.
The Enforcement Wing of the Tamil Nadu police on Saturday unearthed two spurious liquor manufacturing units and seized a large quantity of liquor bottles with fake labels, holograms and other machinery in Chengalpet district.
Acting on the instructions of Additional Director-General of Police (Enforcement) Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, a team of the Central Intelligence Unit, Villupuram Zone Team, which was following a specific input, detected a spurious liquor blending unit at Sathurangapattinam.
Besides seizing ingredients used in the making of liquor and other materials like bottles, labels etc, the team also took possession of a car and motorcycle. Two persons Manikandan (42) of Kumarapakkam and Jayalakshmi (40) of Thirukazhukundram were arrested during the searches.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.