Nigerian National held, liquor outlet illegally running Seized,103 liters liquor bottles recovered:

Pramesh S Jain

The Hennur police on Sunday night arrested a 46 year old nigerian national who was running. Liquor outlet illegally.

The accused has been identifed as Jhohans Viuwinghiferi Kenigay,46.

Senior officer told media persons,Our Hennur police inspector Vasanth Kumar M who was on his routine night rounds received a tip off that some Nigerian National is running illegally liquor outlet in the name of African kitchen in a shed near Horamavu.

Based on the information the inspector informed DCP and ACP about the information the senior officer asked the Inspector to take additional force and raid the shed.

A police team headed by PI,Vasanth Kumar M and team rushed to the spot and raided the shed enraged Kenigay attacked police party with machette and got into the car and tried to flee,

Immediately Hoysala patrolling police arrived at the spot and stopped his car by blocking the way and pinned him down.In the melee,Ramesh, police constable sustained injuries and admitted to the hospital.

During search the team seized the outlet before recovering 103 liters of liquor bottles which was in his outlet.

During investigation the accused confessed that he was running African kitchen-an illegal liquor outlet at a shed in Horamavu and majority of his customers are African National.

The accused has been booked under excise acts and also for assaulting government servant while on duty.

The Hennur police are investigating on the source of liquor and also verifying his travel documents as Visa to ascertain whether he was staying illegally in the city and further investigation is on and after verifying the passport action will be initiated he added.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP Banaswadi Sub-Division,Ningappa B Sakkri PI,Vasanth Kumar M,PSI, Abbas Tikote,and crime staff as, Umesh Nayak,Kottresh,Kasimsab D, Santhosh Lamani,and Hoysala beat staff as,Pavan Singh Chouhan, Ramesh B, Sanjeev Kumar Rathod,and Ramesh Hiremath has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them in nabbing the Nigerian National who was running liquor outlet illegally for the exemplary work done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.