The distillery has been lying closed since July 24. In January this year, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had announced that the government has decided to close the unit.
This comes even as the Punjab government is preparing to issue orders to permanently shut down the distillery owned by liquor baron and Shiromani Akali Dal’s former MLA Deep Malhotra.
Once an SAD MLA, Deep Malhotra has liquor and real estate businesses in several states. He quit politics ahead of the 2017 Assembly polls after having developed differences of opinion with several SAD leaders.