Hand pumps are generally associated with supplying water but in Bhanpura village in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district a hand pump spew out liquor when police busted an illegal liquor den and seized huge stock, an official said on Wednesday.
Police raided the village on Monday and during a search, they recovered a total of eight drums filled with raw liquor buried underground or hidden under fodder in agriculture fields.
"A hand pump attached with the drums of raw liquor hidden underground was also recovered. When police personnel started pumping it, liquor started coming out from the other end (joined by a pipe)," said Guna superintendent of police, Pankaj Shrivastava.
Police also recovered huge quantities of country-made liquor stored in drums which were hidden under the debris of fodder in farms.
"Prime facie, people dealing in illegal liquor trade had dug underground pits to hide liquor-filled drums. They were using a hand pump to take out liquor from these drums which are then filled in pouches and five-litre cans," Shrivastava said.
He said police conducted the raid on a tip-off but the persons involved in the sale of illegal liquor managed to flee.
"Police have identified eight persons and a search is on to nab them," the police officer said.
He said the village is dominated by a community and country-made liquor is being produced in almost every household there.
Shrivastava said the police had conducted raids in the past also.
Further investigation is underway, he added.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Couple Threatened And Extorted, Woman Molested At Madhya Pradesh Picnic Spot Woman Dies After 'Dupatta' Gets Caught In Machine At Food Centre Of Mahakaleshwar Temple MP Woman Stabs Husband's Employee To Death Suspecting Affair Parents On Mumbai Ferry Wanted To Toss Children In Sea. Rescuers Stopped Them Man Accidentally Drops iPhone In Temple Box. Why He Won't Get It Back "Who Was Driving?" JD Vance Slams 'Misleading' Headlines On Germany Attack Trump's Deportation Plans Might Take Backseat As ICE Faces Budget Shortage Poll Rules Tweak Makes Electronic Records Harder To Get, Sparks Row 15-Hour Shift, Verbal Abuse: Techie Exposes Startup's Toxic Work Culture Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.