Trio arrested ferrying hooch in auto after filmy style chase

Three people, including two bootleggers and an auto-rickshaw driver, were arrested after a filmy-style chase by a police team in Uttan.

A night patrolling team spotted a suspicious-looking auto-rickshaw near Stella Morris hospital. The police personnel signalled the driver to stop, but he dodged the team and sped away recklessly. However, the cops gave chase and intercepted the auto-rickshaw in true filmy style, a few meters away near the overhead water tank in the Maldongri area of Uttan.

Upon checking, the police found five gunny bags stuffed with 200 liquors of illicit liquor (haath Bhatti) worth Rs. 20,000.

The auto-rickshaw driver identified as Vishal Gharat, 27, and the other two occupants Ram Pandit Aadi, 29, and Vaibhav Gajanan Patil, 23, all residents of the Vadghar area in Bhiwandi, were taken into custody and booked under the relevant sections of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949.

After rounds of sustained interrogations, the trio revealed that they were ferrying the illicit liquor from Bhiwandi to a person identified as Glenn Hendricks, who stays in Uttan.