ranchi two licensed liquor off shops in ranchi were raided and sealed on monday for charging customers more than the maximum retail price a team of officials from the excise department raided the shops in albert ekka chowk and hinoo on monday morning after they received complaints that these were flouting guidelines despite a crackdown and warnings two months ago at least 45 shops have been found charging more than the mrp notices have been sent to all of them and fines will be imposed shortly rakesh kumar assistant commissioner of the ranchi district excise directorate said that apart the licences of five shops have been cancelled he added kumar said the department is soon going to launch a fresh drive to stops shops from charging more than the mrp on each bottle of alcohol despite the excise departments crackdown on illegal pricing in june this year the practice has continued unabated after the raids the shops fell in line they sold alcohol on mrp rates and even issued cash memos as the excise department had ordered said anil a regular buyer but the situation changed a fortnight later he added the rate charts whose display was made mandatory by the department during the june crackdown have also disappeared another buyer sachin singh recalled the behaviour meted out to him last week when i asked why they are charging more than the mrp one liquor seller on main road said it was their decision take it or leave they told me singh said they even said the arrangement was to fulfill a section of the excise departments privy purse he added the excise department reacted sharply to such comments if they think they can work in their own style we will teach them a lesson kumar said the excise department has collected rs 45 lakh in fines in fresh crackdown he added in all ranchi has 60 licensed liquor shops of which 45 are under scanner