Delhi’s excise department has arrested five people in South Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri for allegedly supplying liquor smuggled from Haryana to parties held at farmhouses, officials said. The department seized liquor, vodka and beer estimated to be worth around Rs 10 lakh, along with four vehicles, during the operation.
The arrests were made on Saturday after an excise team received information that Haryana-sourced liquor was being brought into farmhouse parties in the Fatehpur Beri area. According to excise department sources cited in the report, the operation was led by a team headed by Sub-Inspector Prem Prakash Singh.
The team reportedly monitored different farmhouses after receiving the tip-off. Officials began checking a vehicle they considered suspicious, leading to the arrests of five people. The accused were identified as Priyanshu, Rupesh, Himanshu, Virendra and Mohit Birmani.
The report said that, except for Priyanshu, the accused lived in a posh area of Gurugram. The excise department alleged that the group had been working with farmhouse operators to sell liquor brought from Haryana. Officials also said the arrangement was intended to avoid tax obligations applicable to liquor sold in Delhi.
The seized stock included expensive liquor, vodka and beer. The department also confiscated four vehicles allegedly used in the operation. The reported seizure places the action within the wider enforcement challenge created by the movement of liquor across the Delhi-Haryana border and its sale at private events in the capital’s farmhouse belt.
Following the arrests, an FIR was registered at Fatehpur Beri police station. The excise department handed over the seized material and the vehicles to the police for further action. The report did not provide details of the sections invoked in the FIR, the ownership of the farmhouses involved or the next scheduled court proceedings.
The case also raises questions about how liquor sales and event activity at farmhouses are monitored in areas where private venues host large parties. The excise department’s account indicates that the investigation will examine the alleged links between the arrested people and farmhouse operators. Further action will depend on the police investigation and the evidence collected in the case.
