Tension ran high at Salia Sahi in Bhubaneswar on Sunday as the Excise Department began its operation to demolish a sophisticated illegal country liquor unit in the area.

The operation followed a raid carried out by authorities the previous day, which unearthed a secret distillery hidden inside a concealed chamber accessible through a secret passage from a house.

Bulldozers Flatten Hidden Distillery

Ground visuals highlighted that the excise department deployed bulldozers to dismantle the structures used by the liquor mafia. Hundreds of litres of country-made liquor and several quintals of fermented raw materials were destroyed on the spot.

Sources reported that a large gathering of locals was present on the site, and thus, the Commissionerate Police deployed additional forces to mainta

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