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AP Liquor Syndicate Don Balraj Goud Arrested
Updated : Apr 3, 2012
Balraj Goud has been operating over 100 liquor shops in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medak and Mahboobnagar districts. He is alleged to have very close relations with a state minister from Hyderabad, several MLAs and officials from excise and pollice departments. During the raids on liquor syndicate offices the ACB has found a diary purported to be of Balraj Goud, in which he kept a detailed account of bribes paid to the political leaders, excise and police officials. It is also said that during TDP regime, then home minister Devender Goud had protected the liquor don in several cases. Now that Balraj has been captured, ACB is trying to elicit more information from him.