Madhya Pradesh Police seized Rs 35 lakh after questioning the main accused in cop Dilip Puri's murder. The recovery and WhatsApp chats expose an alleged interstate liquor racket's financial network.Madhya Pradesh Police seized Rs 35 lakh after questioning the main accused in cop Dilip Puri's murder.
Indore,Nov 12, 2026 10:43 ISTInvestigators have seized Rs 35 lakh in cash, suspected to be proceeds from illegal liquor smuggling, after questioning the main accused in the murder of a police officer in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district, news agency Press Trust of India reported.Khategaon police station in-charge Dilip Puri was crushed to death under a truck last week while trying to stop an interstate consignment of illicit liquor. Eight people have been arrested in the murder case, with six of them in police custody, Dewas Superintendent of Police Aditya Mishra told reporters on Wednesday."About Rs 35 lakh has been seized based on the information given by the main accused, Rahul Jaiswal.
The money had been earned from the illegal liquor trade," Mishra said.The gang members or their associates had secured liquor contracts worth Rs 40 crore in Harda district in the name of Patendra Jaiswal, a resident of Barwani district, the superintendent of police said. "Patendra had a mere 10 per cent stake in the contracts, while Rahul Jaiswal, Manish Jaiswal and Mohin Jaiswal held a 30 per cent stake each," he said.As part of the investigation, police raided Manish Jaiswal's office in Indore and questioned several people. Investigators also found WhatsApp chats between the accused that contained details of profits from the illegal liquor trade and the distribution of money among the partners, Mishra said.
Puri had reached a spot on the Indore-Betul highway in the early hours of November 2 after receiving information about illicit liquor being smuggled to Gujarat."Puri stopped a truck carrying over 1,800 litres of liquor. While he tried to question the driver, the latter drove the truck onto the road divider as he tried to flee.
Puri was crushed under a rear wheel," PTI quoted another official as saying.One of the accused, Mohin Jaiswal, died during treatment at a hospital in Gujarat after allegedly suffering a brain stroke while on the run, the official added.The investigation into Puri's death has so far led to eight arrests, the seizure of Rs 35 lakh in suspected liquor-smuggling proceeds and the recovery of chats detailing the alleged distribution of profits among those involved.- Ends