India, May 11 -- The Delhi government's excise department has launched a crackdown on unlicensed restaurants, clubs, and hotels across the Capital to check revenue losses due to unauthorised liquor sales and licence fee evasions, officials said on Saturday.

Excise officials raided more than 40 restaurants between January 1 and April 30 and found restaurants that did not have liquor licences serving liquor in Punjabi Bagh, Rajouri Garden, Mayapuri, Rohini, and Wazirpur.

"We have registered 24 first information reports (FIR) against establishments that were serving liquor to people without obtaining any licence from the excise department to serve liquor. The aim of the drive is to recover lost revenue, tighten regulation of the liquor mar...