State cracks down on desi daru

Police and excise departments have received instructions from the state government to control the flow of desi daru (cheap liquor) into Telangana, from across the border.

The state government had made a futile attempt to introduce cheap liquor brands but withdrawn following strong protest from women and Opposition parties.

District police is trying to control the desi daru trade by forming special police teams and deploying them on the borders shared with the Maharashtra.  

Police officials from Adilabad asked their counterparts from bordering Maharashtra to stop desi daru from entering the district. Present at the meeting were officials from Nanded, Yavathmal, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra.

It was found that women play an active role in transporting the dessi daru illegally to Adilabad from bordering Maharashtra.  

Adilabad police have now deployed special police teams including a woman constable at identified points in Sirpur (T), Adilabad, Boath, Asifabad, Mudhole and Chennur Assembly constituencies, which shared borders with Maharashtra.

The state government is of the opinion that desi daru is eating into what the state exchequer gets though liquor sales. There is a good smuggling network in the desi daru spanning the Maharashtra and Telangana border.

A police officer said that the rural masses prefer desi daru of Maharashtra as it is strong when compared to state government supplied liquor being sold in Telangana.

The cost of the desi daru is also less. He said 90 ML desi daru is sold for Rs 17 in Maharashstra while the same will be selling to the liquor regulars for Rs 30 after illegally transporting it to Adilabad.