India, Aug. 29 -- A gambling operator and two accomplices were booked by Khadak police for selling liquor on Wednesday, declared as a dry day by the state government on account of Ganesh Chaturthi.

A patrol team of Khadak police was tipped off by an informer that two men were openly selling alcohol at a certain place in Shukrawar Peth, violating the ban. The team promptly raided the parking area of Raunak Bar, as identified by the informer, at around 6:45pm and seized a large stock of foreign and country-made alcohol and Rs.1,10,405 in cash, and nabbed the two sellers, Vaibhav Vijay Dongre (26) and Gudukumar Bholakumar Kumar (26), both residents of Shukrawar Peth.

A case under relevant sections was registered at Khadak Police Station on...