New Delhi, May 28 -- Amid complaints that liquor vendors in the city are flouting pricing norms and that a parallel, unregulated pricing system exists, the Gurugram excise department has launched an inquiry, reported the Hindustan Times.

The liquor vendors are allegedly undercutting the minimum retail sale price (MRSP) for alcoholic beverages and charging bars and pubs well beyond permissible limits.

The officials warned that the violations of MRSP norms may indicate value-added tax (VAT) evasion and also raise concerns about the sale of potentially substandard or unauthorised liquor in the market.

Earlier, the pub owners had also alleged the existence of a parallel, unregulated pricing.

Under Haryana's excise policy, MRSP is the mand...