Delhi’s excise department has ordered five “dry days” between May and September, when liquor shops will remain closed. The dates include Buddha Purnima, Id-ul-Zuha, Muharram, Independence Day, and Janmashtami, notified under Rule 52 of the Delhi Excise Rules, 2010.
A syndicate across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and other northern states allegedly exploited an 80-year-old excise law to sell cardamom-laced tinctures as “disguised liquor.” Now the tide is turning after a vigilant excise inspector’s action that triggered a legal change aimed at shutting the loophole and curbing these sales.
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