Chandigarh, May 13 -- In ongoing war against spurious and illicit liquor, a joint team of Patiala District Police and the Excise Department on Tuesday seized a large consignment of 600 litres of methanol, a chemical commonly used in the manufacture of illicit liquor, said a statement Information and Public Relations Department.

The seizure is suspected to have direct links to the recent Majitha spurious liquor tragedy in Amritsar.

Addressing a press conference near the site of the seizure at Tepla police post on the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Shambhu-Banur road, SSP Patiala Varun Sharma stated that this action was carried out under the directions of DGP Gaurav Yadav, as part of the Punjab Government's aggressive campaign against drugs and...