‘Online liquor sale could be fraud’

Mumbai: Several people are on the prowl to dupe those looking to buy liquor online in Maharashtra amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, and 73 mobile numbers used by these fraudsters have been identified by the cyber cell of Mumbai police, an official said on Friday. The official said that some people were not following the procedure set down by the state excise department to purchase liquor online, and were calling up easily available numbers on the Internet which promise delivery. “Some of them have been duped by fraudsters operating these numbers,” he said. Liquor sales have been heavily regulated across the country since the lockdown.