Mahila Congress leader held in liquor case in Surat

Mahila Congress leader held in liquor case in Surat

Surat: The police in Surat nabbed a Congress party leader for allegedly carting liquor worth Rs 7.50 lakh.

The police found a bolero car in Piplod Soham SUDA Awas building with 252 bottles of 750 mls each of Johnny Walker Red Label Blended Scotch Whisky hidden in a secret drawer.

Police nabbed Lalit Jagdishbhai Borsalivala (age 31, occupation: car washing, lives in machhivad in Nanpura), who was found delivering the liquor in a Bolero car. The accused Lalit said that he was asked to deliver the liquor by Meghna Patel. The police seized the Bolero car worth Rs 3 lakh. The police also seized the 242 liquor bottles, worth Rs 7.56 lakh, considering Rs 3000 per bottle.

Meghna Patel is former vice president of Mahila Morcha (Women’s wing) of the Congress party. DeshGujarat