Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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Johnnie Walker favourite with counterfeiters in Goa

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:38 AM PDT

Johnnie Walker, the world renowned brand of Scotch whisky, is not just a favourite with Goa's Bacchus lovers but even counterfeiters. In a written reply tabled Wednesday in the monsoon session of the legislative assembly, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, who also holds the excise portfolio, said that his department seized 92 bottles of spurious Johnnie Walker whisky, in various raids last year.

From among all the Johnnie Walker labels, the Black Label appears to be the most favourite of counterfeiters, followed by the Red label and the Gold label. Johnnie Walker is one of the most widely distributed brand of blended Scotch whisky in the world and is reported to sell nearly 180 million bottles annually.

Courtesy: thaindian

Prisoners escape through toilet tunnel in Goa

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:17 AM PDT

In a sensational jailbreak, three inmates escaped from a prison in Goa after drilling a passage through a cell toilet early on Wednesday. Undertrial Abhijit Patil and convicts Hitler Fernandes and Seby Ferrao escaped from the Sada sub jail at Vasco, about 35 km from here, jail authorities said. ”The jailbreak must have happened after 3 am on Wednesday morning. They escaped by drilling a hole in their cell toilet,” said Levinson Martins, sub-divisional magistrate in charge of the Sada prison affairs.

He said Fernandes, 46, was convicted for two murders in Goa and Karnataka. Incidentally, he was one of the convicts who was recommended to be released by the prisoner sentence review committee. ”Hitler and Seby have a previous history of jail breaks,” he said. Four jail staffers, including two officers, were suspended.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat informed the Goa legislative assembly that a magisterial enquiry has also been initiated to probe the incident.

Courtesy: ibnlive
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