Panchkula, April 2 -- Police arrested a Chandigarh resident for transporting illegal liquor worth around Rs.6 lakh during a patrol near Mansa Devi Road on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.

Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Sector 52, Chandigarh, was booked under Section 61(1)(a) of the Excise Act following a complaint lodged by assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Jagdish Kumar at the Mansa Devi Complex police station.

According to the complaint, a police patrol was conducted on the Mansa Devi Road to ensure law and order during the Navratri festival.

The police had set up a checkpoint near a gurdwara on Mansa Devi Road after receiving intelligence that illegal liquor was being transported from Manimajra to Panchkula in a white Chandigarh-regi...