The Hindu : Police searching for gang involved in alcohol racket

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Monday, Jun 30, 2003

Southern States

Southern States - Karnataka-Bangalore

Police searching for gang involved in alcohol racket

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE June 29. Police from the State and Tamil Nadu are on the lookout for five persons running a racket of smuggling alcohol out of the City.

The key suspects are Rukmini (52), native of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, running a transport outfit here, and her sons, Satish Kumar and Gauri Maheshkumar, Coimbatore police told presspersons here on Sunday.

The others wanted by the police were Ashokan from Kerala, and Mani from Tamil Nadu. They used various hideouts here in Kolar, police said.

Rukmini and her sons were said to be at the head of a gang of at least 10 persons, smuggling alcohol across State borders. Five of them had been nabbed, police said.

People with any information about the suspects can call Coimbatore police on 0422-2220077 / 2223200.

Suitable rewards would be given to those with concrete information, police said.

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