During the auction for vends under Haryana’s excise policy for 2023-24 rolled out on June 12 there was a rush by bidders to set up stores in areas close to Delhi.
In February 2022, liquor traders Paramjit and Surjit Thakran were shot dead in Pataudi. A month later, police arrested the mastermind of the crime, gangster Ajay Jaildar.