Mohali, May 25 -- Five liquor boxes were seized from a car in Mohali's Phase 7 ahead of the municipal corporation elections on Sunday, triggering protests by Congress workers in ward number 10.

Congress leaders said party candidate Kanwarbir Singh Ruby Sidhu and his supporters, after receiving information about liquor distribution in the area, came across a black car parked outside the residence of an independent candidate. "The car had a Punjab Police sticker. Liquor was being distributed door-to-door to influence voters," they alleged.

Ruby Sidhu alleged that two persons were in the vehicle, one of whom brandished a pistol before fleeing as his supporters gathered. He said the second person was handed over to the police.

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