Bootleggers throw bottles at Gujarat cops

AHMEDABAD: Bootleggers in the state use many innovative tricks to get the better of cops. This time, a Mehsana-based bootlegger and his aide kept throwing liquor bottles at police vehicles that were chasing them near Amirgadh in Banaskantha district, when they were smuggling liquor into the state.
An official of Amirgadh police said that they got an input that Mayurji Thakor and his aide Kaushik Badhia, residents of Mehsana, were carrying liquor in their car and were travelling from Abu Road towards Amirgadh.
When they saw Thakor’s car, the cops gave chase in a police van and a private car. As Thakor saw the cops, he sped up. The cops, led by a PSI T J Desai, were in no mood to let them get away and a hot pursuit followed. The twist came then when Thakor and Badhia began throwing liquor bottles at pursuing police vehicles at regular intervals. They ended up throwing some 25 bottles out of the car. During the chase, the private car carrying two cops turned turtle and the duo had a close shave.
Thakor and Badhia kept throwing bottles at the cops pursuing them. However, in a short while, Badhia, who was driving the car, lost control over it and it turned turtle as well. The two got out of the wrecked car and began running. The cops pursued them on foot and finally nabbed them.
Desai said this was an unusual incident because the bootleggers began throwing their contraband at them. He said Thakor had been booked for bootlegging at Amirgadh police station earlier too. Both the accused were booked .