In a funny incident that took place in Tamil Nadu, rats emptied 12 wine bottles kept in a government-run TASMAC liquor outlet in a town near Gudalur in the Nilgiris district of the southern state. The shop remained closed for quite some time due to the COVID-19 induced lockdown.
The incident came to light on Monday when the TASMAC employees opened the shop at Kadampuzha after a long break as lockdown restrictions were lifted in the state.
To utter shock, the employees found the caps of the 12 quarter liquor bottles open, with bite marks of rats and wine in them emptied, official sources said. On being informed, the supervisor and senior TASMAC officials carried out an investigation, which revealed the presence of rats inside the shop, they said. The cost of the bottles is said to be around Rs 1,500, they said.
Earlier this year, 29,000 litres of alcohol went missing from 25 out of 30 different police stations in Haryana. As per reports, the police force confiscated around 50,000 litres of country-made liquor, 30,000 litres of English wine, and 3,000 cans of beer and registered some 825 such cases.
(With Agency Inputs)
