KOLHAPUR: Officials of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) with the help of the police conducted a raid on a godown located on Old Chandur road in Ichalkaranji and seized gutka and paan masala worth Rs 1.47 crore on Tuesday. Two persons identified as Raju Laxman Pachpure and Amit Minche who were present at the godown managed to escape during the raid.
The police also seized six gutka packing machines, packaging material and two SUVs from the premises.
The complaint has been registered against the duo under section 328, 138 and 34 of the IPC and section 59 of the Food Safety and Standards Act with the Shivaji Nagar Police station in Ichalkaranji.
S N Deshpande, the assistant commissioner (food) of the FDA in Kolhapur, said, "We conducted the raid after receiving a tip-off. We kept an eye on the activities of the two accused and a team of FDA officials along with the police raided the godown on Tuesday and seized the gutka and pan masala."
"The police had arrested one of the accused Minche with the gutka and we were trying to find the links as to where Minche had brought the banned goods," he said.
Yuvraj Khade, the assistant police inspector at the Shivaji Nagar police station said, "The duo managed to escape from our clutch during the raid. We are trying to ascertain their whereabouts."
"The duo was manufacturing gutka at a godown in Ichalkaranji and were selling the pouches to the pan shops across Kolhapur and neighbouring districts," he said.
The Ichalkaranji police on July 31 had arrested Amit Minche and his aide identified as Dhondiram Dadu Mane (42), a resident of Gandhinagar in the Karveer taluka and seized gutka worth Rs 6.21 lakh from them. Police caught them red hand when they were found moving suspiciously with the tempo on Shahapur road in Samrat Ashok Nagar in Ichalkaranji. Police arrested the duo and seized the 79 sacks of gutka that were found in the tempo.
Kolhapur: The officials of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) with the help of Ichalkaranji police conducted a raided a godown located on old Chandur road in Ichalkaranji and seized gutka and paan masala worth Rs 1.47 crore on Tuesday. Two persons identified as Raju Laxman Pachapure and Amit Minche that were present in the godown managed to escape during the raid.
Police also seized six gutka packing machines, packaging material and two SUVs from the premises.
The complaint has been registered against the duo under section 328, 138 and 34 of IPC and section 59 of Food Safety and Standards Act with the Shivaji Nagar Police station, Ichalkaranji.
S N Deshpande, assistant Commissioner (food), FDA, Kolhapur said, "We received a tip off and accordingly conducted a raid. We kept an eye on the activities of the duo and a team of FDA officials and police assigned on the duty raided the godown on Tuesday and seized the gutka and pan masala."
"Police had arrested one of the accused Minche with gutka and we were trying to find the links about from where Minche had brought the banned product," he said.
Yuvraj Khade, assistant police Inspector with the Shivaji Nagar police station said, "The duo managed to escape from our clutch during the raid. We are finding their whereabouts and will soon nab them."
"The duo was manufacturing the gutka at a godown in Ichalkaranji and were selling the pouches to the pan shops in Kolhapur and neighbouring districts," he said.
Ichalkaranji police on July 31 had arrested Amit Minche and his aide identified as Dhondiram Dadu Mane (42, resident of Gandhinagar, Karveer taluka) and seized gutka worth Rs 6.21 lakh from them. Police caught them red hand when they were found moving suspiciously with the tempo on Shahapur road in Samrat Ashok Nagar in Ichalkaranji. Police arrested the duo and seized the 79 sacks of gutka that were found in the tempo.
The police also seized six gutka packing machines, packaging material and two SUVs from the premises.
The complaint has been registered against the duo under section 328, 138 and 34 of the IPC and section 59 of the Food Safety and Standards Act with the Shivaji Nagar Police station in Ichalkaranji.
S N Deshpande, the assistant commissioner (food) of the FDA in Kolhapur, said, "We conducted the raid after receiving a tip-off. We kept an eye on the activities of the two accused and a team of FDA officials along with the police raided the godown on Tuesday and seized the gutka and pan masala."
"The police had arrested one of the accused Minche with the gutka and we were trying to find the links as to where Minche had brought the banned goods," he said.
Yuvraj Khade, the assistant police inspector at the Shivaji Nagar police station said, "The duo managed to escape from our clutch during the raid. We are trying to ascertain their whereabouts."
"The duo was manufacturing gutka at a godown in Ichalkaranji and were selling the pouches to the pan shops across Kolhapur and neighbouring districts," he said.
The Ichalkaranji police on July 31 had arrested Amit Minche and his aide identified as Dhondiram Dadu Mane (42), a resident of Gandhinagar in the Karveer taluka and seized gutka worth Rs 6.21 lakh from them. Police caught them red hand when they were found moving suspiciously with the tempo on Shahapur road in Samrat Ashok Nagar in Ichalkaranji. Police arrested the duo and seized the 79 sacks of gutka that were found in the tempo.
Kolhapur: The officials of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) with the help of Ichalkaranji police conducted a raided a godown located on old Chandur road in Ichalkaranji and seized gutka and paan masala worth Rs 1.47 crore on Tuesday. Two persons identified as Raju Laxman Pachapure and Amit Minche that were present in the godown managed to escape during the raid.
Police also seized six gutka packing machines, packaging material and two SUVs from the premises.
The complaint has been registered against the duo under section 328, 138 and 34 of IPC and section 59 of Food Safety and Standards Act with the Shivaji Nagar Police station, Ichalkaranji.
S N Deshpande, assistant Commissioner (food), FDA, Kolhapur said, "We received a tip off and accordingly conducted a raid. We kept an eye on the activities of the duo and a team of FDA officials and police assigned on the duty raided the godown on Tuesday and seized the gutka and pan masala."
"Police had arrested one of the accused Minche with gutka and we were trying to find the links about from where Minche had brought the banned product," he said.
Yuvraj Khade, assistant police Inspector with the Shivaji Nagar police station said, "The duo managed to escape from our clutch during the raid. We are finding their whereabouts and will soon nab them."
"The duo was manufacturing the gutka at a godown in Ichalkaranji and were selling the pouches to the pan shops in Kolhapur and neighbouring districts," he said.
Ichalkaranji police on July 31 had arrested Amit Minche and his aide identified as Dhondiram Dadu Mane (42, resident of Gandhinagar, Karveer taluka) and seized gutka worth Rs 6.21 lakh from them. Police caught them red hand when they were found moving suspiciously with the tempo on Shahapur road in Samrat Ashok Nagar in Ichalkaranji. Police arrested the duo and seized the 79 sacks of gutka that were found in the tempo.
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