On Monday, the Excise Department shut down a mobile wine store on Boulevard Road in the Dalgate neighbourhood of Srinagar.
According to reports, the operator of a mobile container serving alcoholic beverages was ordered to lock up shop after being unable to present a valid licence.
The mobile wine store, according to our sources, was shut after an examination by the team from the excise department.
Numerous individuals, most of them tourists, were spotted purchasing alcoholic beverages from the container’s mobile store before it was closed.
Customers were allegedly overcharged for every bottle of name brand spirits, according to credible sources.
Tourists and locals alike go to the Boulevard Road’s two booze stores at all hours of the day and night.
