According to rules, the duty of SHOs was only to inspect the application venue and recommend the local Excise Superintendent to grant permission, but these officials were contacting the applicants and forcing them to buy liquor from certain liquor shops falling under their jurisdiction
According to the police, the trio procured hashish oil from drug peddlers in Araku agency in Andhra Pradesh at a lower rate and smuggled it into Hyderabad through different modes of transportation
