The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has unearthed major irregularities in the sale of liquor through the outlets of the government-owned Kerala State Beverages Corporation (Bevco) in the State.
The agency’s Operation Moonlight that commenced on Saturday evening and continued well into the night bared glaring discrepancies in almost all the 78 outlets where checks were held in the Statewide operation.
Various irregularities, including overpricing customers, denying buyers, especially migrant labourers, the bills of items sold, and flouting directions to display the prices of stocked liquor, were detected. Some officials were also found to have received commission from liquor companies for hoarding cheap varieties of liquor to coerce customers into purchasing the expensive ones.
