Police seize bottles of Urinasav, kind of liquor being sold in garb of Ayurvedic tonic

Morbi: In a dry-state Gujarat, those selling and consuming alcohol find novel ways to do liquor business. In past few months, liquor is being sold at pan shops in the name of Ayurvedic tonic.

Local crime-branch (LCB) police team in Morbi district this week found the addictive substance worth Rs 3 lakh filled in the bottles labelled as “Ayurvedic tonic” during the raid at a gambling den at a godown in Tankara.

LCB had conducted raid after receiving the information that a person named Rohitbhai Patel runs a gambling den in the godown of Umang enterprise near Latipar chokdi at Rajkot road in Tankara. LCB police found an addictive liquid filled in 3,750 bottles labelled as Ayurvedic herbal tonic Urinasav from the godown along with the gambling den after investigation during the raid. LCB has seized the bottles.

One needs a licence to manufacture such tonic for sale. Chemists who sell it also need to have a licence.A large number of youngsters are addicted to this so called Ayurvedic tonic. DeshGujarat