Two elder brothers of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi, who was murdered in Meghalaya in 2025 throughout his honeymoon, and three staff of their eatery had been positioned underneath preventive arrest on Saturday, a police official mentioned.
The official mentioned the motion was taken after it was found that liquor was being served illegally to clients on the institution.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Nidhi Saxena mentioned the operators had not obtained a licence to serve alcohol.
#WATCH | Indore, Madhya Pradesh: The police arrested Raja Raghuvanshi’s brothers, Vipin and Sachin, together with three others, for allegedly promoting illicit liquor at a dhaba.
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The meals institution, situated inside the jurisdiction of the Rau police station, is owned by Raja Raghuvanshi’s elder brothers, Sachin Raghuvanshi and Vipin Raghuvanshi.
The official mentioned the siblings, together with three staff of their eatery, had been arrested as a precautionary measure underneath Part 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
The part empowers a police official to arrest an individual with out a warrant or a Justice of the Peace’s order if they’ve information of a design by that particular person to commit a cognisable offence.
Saxena mentioned a case has been registered underneath the Excise Act for allegedly illegally serving liquor on the eatery.
The ACP mentioned a separate case has additionally been registered underneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Part 223 (disobedience to an order issued by a public servant) for the joint’s failure to offer data to the police.
Raja Raghuvanshi and his spouse, Sonam Raghuvanshi, went to Meghalaya for his or her honeymoon just a few days after their marriage final yr. Throughout the go to, Raja was murdered. On this case, Meghalaya police later arrested Sonam, her alleged lover, Raj Kushwaha, and three alleged employed killers.
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