Udhagamandalam: Mice have emptied 12 bottles of wine stored at the Tasmac liquor outlet managed by the government in a city near the gudalur, about 80 km from here, in the Nilgiris district.
The incident was revealed after Tasmac employees opened the store in Kadampuzha on Monday, which had been closed for a long time because of the lock.
They found caps from 12 quarters of open liquor bottles, with former rats and wine in it emptied, the official source said.
Due told, supervisors and senior officials Tasmac conducted an investigation, which revealed the presence of mice in the shop, they said.
The bottle costs are said around Rs 1,500, they said.