Sagar hooch tragedy: Two more key accused held after encounter

…of Police (SP) Anurag Sujania said that the police had received inputs on Tuesday night (September 22) that Lodhi had entered the district through Malthone area to seek help from some acquaintance of his. “ The police acted on the inputs and surrounded him at a location. He was told to surrender, but he started firing at the police team. The police fired in self-defence and he was injured in his leg after which Ashish Sahu and he were taken into custody ,” he said. Lodhi, one of the main accused in the case, had been absconding since September 6, when the tragedy came to light. The police have dubbed him as one of the main faces of a counterfeit liquor racket that was…

…methyl alcohol content, with other key accused men. Additional SP Narendra Singh Solanki told The Hindu that Lodhi had been hiding in different states since the tragedy, including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. “ We had been constantly tracing him. After initially hiding in M.P.’s Maihar, he went to U.P. and was in Lalitpur for a few days. From there, he went to Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh and Udaipur and entered Gujarat from there ,” the officer said. Mr. Solanki said that Lodhi has a criminal record of 11 cases against him since 2010, including at least six under the Excise Act for alleged liquor smuggling and holding large amount of illegal…