The Manipur Police will launch a mass drive against illegal sale of liquor and unlawful manufacture of spurious liquor in the state, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said on Friday.He made the announcement while addressing a press conference held at the Chief Minister's Secretariat on the backdrop of busting manufacturing units of spurious liquor by the police in the past few months.Singh said that local liquor is being produced by some section of people as a part of their customary practice."However, this practice is uncontrollably turning into commercial exercise, which leads to adulteration and large scale production of liquor in the recent past," he added."As such, there is an urgent need for formulating a concrete policy in consultation with experts to check rampant sale and production of liquor hazardous to consume in the state," the Chief Minister remarked while seeking support from the masses to make the drive a success.Even as the state government is deeply concerned about ...
