Chaos after wine stores open before official decision

There was chaos around the country this evening as people rushed to purchase liquor after wine stores opened before an official decision was taken.

Excise Department officials maintained that no official permission had been granted to open liquor shops.

But a top Excise official had told the Daily Mirror that they had been instructed over the phone by a top official in the Finance Ministry to relax the prevailing restrictions on sale of liquor.