YSRCP leader Jogi Ramesh and his brother have been arrested in connection with the alleged manufacture and sale of spurious liquor in Andhra Pradesh, officials said.
Ramesh and his younger brother Jogi Ramu were arrested by excise department officials on Sunday morning and were later produced before a local court.
“Both accused were arrested after duly explaining the cause of their arrest as illegal manufacture, transportation, importation and sale of counterfeit liquor,” read the remand report shared by the official.
The duo was arrested under the Andhra Pradesh Excise Act, 1968 and the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition Act, 1995 and several other statutory provisions.
According to sources, they were produced at a local court around late Sunday.
The arrest followed the seizure of a well-organized production, distribution and sale of fake liquor at multiple locations in the state.
