SIT arrested Former NSUI Hamirpur leader; BJP fasten attack on Cong

Special Investigation Team of State Police today made five more arrest in Mandi hooch tragedy and also arrested former NSUI district chief.
Former NSUI district President Hamirpur Praveen Thakur was arrested by the Mandi police in the Mandi spurious liquor tragedy case on Sunday.
 Mandi police chief Ms Shalini Agnihotri Salini confirmed the arrest of Mr Thakur along with four accused today.
She said that  accused Sunny and Pushpinder were arrested from Aligarh, Sagar Saini from Delhi and AK Tripathi from Jammu and Kashmir. 

 All the  accused were produced in the Court, who h send on police custody till January 29.
SIT after arresting all these accused from various places and  brought to Mandi and produced in court. 
SIT have been arrested 12 accused including the kingpin Gaurav Manhas alias Guru busting an interstate rackets of illicit brewing liquor at three factory and supplying through well knitted network.
Ms Agnihotri said that SIT Investigation revealed that Sagar Saini belonging to Delhi provided the spirit drums and AK Tripathi belonging to Samba, Jammu and Kashmir provided the formula. The illicit liquor factory was established in the premises l of Praveen Thakur which was operated by two persons belonging to UP, Sunny and Pushpinder who do the mixing of ingredients for manufacture of liquor, said the Police officials.
Earlier Police had recovered some boxes of illicit liquor from the premises of Neeraj Thakur,  General Secretary of  Distt Congress Committee  Hamirpur,who  have been in police custody in Hamirpur.
SP Hamirpur Akriti Sharma said that Neeraj Thakur has been taken  in custody for the interrogation and today he was handed over to the SIT. He may be arrested, she added.
Neeraj Thakur  was expelled from the party by the Distt Congress President Hamirpur , Rajinder Zar , yesterday and Congress President Kuldeep Singh Rathore today approved the action taken by the Zar  today on Sunday. 
Mr  Rathore said that whosoever may be involved in such a heinous crime has no place in the party.
Moreover ruling BJP which was at receiving end after death of seven people in hooch tragedy fasten attack on Cong party as two of its office bearers or youth icons were involved SIT investigation on Sunday.