puducherry tipplers picketed an arrack shop at veerampattinam in the outskirts of puducherry on wednesday alleging that an arrack bottle was found contaminated a resident from veerampattinam who purchased a 180ml arrack bottle from a licensed arrack shop in the same locality found suspended particles in the bottle that turned the liquor turbid as soon as news about the contaminated liquor spread more than a dozen tipplers reached the shop and entered into a verbal duel with workers in the arrack shop they charged that they have been finding suspended particles including a strands of hair regularly in the 180ml bottles served at the shop they wanted excise officials to take action against the workers of the governmentowned distillery and errant shop workers a team of excise and police officials led by tahsildar a kumaran reached the spot and held peace talks with the agitated people the team members took the agitators to the godown and randomly inspected several bottles they did not find any contaminated bottle they assured the agitators that they would take up the issue with officials concerned following which the protesters dispersed one of the bottles served was contaminated there were some suspended particles in the bottle and not a strand of hair as claimed by a section of protestors arrack being a good solvent turned turbid due to the presence of foreign particles the bottle might not have been washed properly before it was reused at the distillery said kumaran the excise officials said at least 10 in one lakh bottle carry impurities even after thorough washing and rinsing mechanically or manually and when such bottles were used the products would be contaminated generally workers at the governmentowned puducherry distilleries limited have to ensure that the products they bottle 180ml and 750ml were not contaminated we will alert the distillery workers to be more vigilant he said an 180ml liquor bottle from a licensed shop had suspended particles in the bottle that turned the liquor turbid