Hindustan Times (Chandigarh)

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IAS officer Shekhar Vidyarthi as ETC ordered closure of liquor vends during the lockdown by only giving verbal instructio­ns.

In the absence of written instructio­ns, permits and passes for movement of liquor were issued during the closure period by some districts. Vidyarthi was also held responsibl­e for dilly dallying pieces of informatio­n sought by the SET and hampering the visit of the SET to a distillery.

The SET said the role of the then Sonepat superinten­dent of police Pratiksha Godara needs to be probed. The SET observed that despite round-the-clock police guards deputed since March 2019, regular inflow and outflow of liquor took place from Kharkhauda godown suggesting clear connivance of police, especially the then local station house officer.

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