Prohibition wing on its toes to check hoarding of liquor bottles
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Cartons of illegally stocked liquor bottles confiscated in Karur district.
Hoarding of liquor bottles for illegal sale has been reported in parts of Karur and Pudukottai districts after closure of TASMAC outlets in view of the complete lockdown announced by the State government.
Liquor bottles were seized in large numbers during raids conducted jointly by teams of Prohibition and Enforcement Wing (PEW) and local police. Over 6,500 liquor bottles have been confiscated from hoarders in the two districts since May 10 and the police have booked a slew of prohibition cases and arrested the accused, official sources said.
Superintendent of Police, Pudukottai, L. Balaji Saravanan has tested positive for COVID-19.
Health and Police department sources said Mr. Saravanan had subjected himself to home quarantine after he contracted the infection. He had fever following which the samples were sent for tests.
According to the sources his health parameters were normal.
Tiruchi SP, Myilvaganan is holding additional charge of Pudukottai district.
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The newly constructed ghat road to Sri Subramanya Swamy Temple atop the Viralimalai hillock in Pudukottai district.
| Photo Credit: HAND OUT A newly built approach road to the Subramanya Swami Temple situated atop Viralimalai hillock in Pudukottai district was declared open on Thursday. Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar inaugurated the ghat road on the day when maha kumbabishekam of the temple was also performed after renovations in the presence of H.M.Jayaram, Inspector General of Police, Central Zone, P. Uma Maheswari, Collector, L. Balaji Saravanan, Superintendent of Police, and other officials.
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He was attending a vaccination drive at Pudukottai Government Medical College Hospital where district collector P Uma Maheswari and district superintendent of police L Balaji Saravanan took the shots on Tuesday.
The state received 12.34 lakh doses of vaccine so far and more doses are expected to arrive. “Widespread awareness campaign has helped 1.74 lakh people take vaccine shots in the state so far. Apprehension among people on a new vaccine is usual. That’s the reason why I also took the vaccine shot to create awareness.
Missing Pudukottai man traced to Nagaland; reunited with family after eight years
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Superintendent of Police L. Balaji Saravanan interacts with Kumaravel in Pudukottai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Handout
Eight years after he went missing from his residence at Vamban Colony in Alangudi taluk in the district, the man now aged 50-year was traced to the North-eastern state of Nagaland and reunited with his family members here on Saturday.
A special police team brought the rescued man D. Kumaravel from the Chennai airport where he reached by flight from Kolkata accompanied by a Tamil Sangam member from Dimapur in Nagaland.