Article: ' Mystery tax' over MRP for booze in UP districts.

LIQUOR at licenced shops across Noida and 15 districts of Uttar Pradesh comes with a " mystery tax" -- over and above the maximum retail price ( MRP) printed on the bottles.

This " illegal" tax -- Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 15 above the MRP depending on the size of the bottle -- is being levied since April 1 this year. Incidentally, April was the month when liquor baron Ponty Chadha took control of retail and wholesale distribution of alcohol in government- licenced shops in 15 districts between Bareilly and Ghaziabad.

State excise department deputy secretary Yaad Ali said: " It started after Ponty Chadha got the contract of wholesale and the retail market. It ...

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