Prohibition law made stern in GujaratJuly 28th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Gujarat assembly on Tuesday introduced, Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Bill 2009, proposing stern punishment upto death penalty to deal with illicit liquor trade. The Bill was passed with a majority vote in the House.
Gujarat Assembly passes bill for stringent punishment in illicit liquor tradeJuly 28th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Gujarat State Assembly on Tuesday passed a Bill proposing stringent punishment up to death penalty to deal with illicit liquor trade in the follow up of the recent hooch tragedy that claimed over 130 lives in the State. The Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Bill 2009 was passed with a majority vote in the House.
Illegal liquor factory busted in Tamil NaduJuly 23rd, 2009 KADAMPADI - Tamil Nadu police busted a factory making illicit liquor in Kadampadi village on Wednesday. The police seized spurious liquor worth 25 lakh rupees and arrested four persons running the racket here.
Key accused in Gujarat hooch tragedy arrestedJuly 17th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Crime Branch of the Gujarat Police arrested Vinod Dargi, the key accused in the Gujarat hooch tragedy, here on Friday. Police also arrested two other associates of Dargi, Ajay Thakkar and Sunil along with him.
Congress MPs protest against hooch tragedy in GujaratJuly 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress Party MPs today staged a protest against hooch tragedy in Gujarat that killed at least 130 people due to consumption of spurious liquor. Congress has alleged that a BJP Corporator of Mahemdabad Municipality was behind the hooch tragedy.
Methanol in spurious liquor led to Ahmedabad hooch tragedyJuly 13th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The hooch tragedy in Ahmedabad was caused by the mixing of a huge quantity of methyl alcohol with the spurious liquor, doctors have said. "Methanol, which is not for human consumption, was found in large quantity in the patients who were admitted to the civil hospital after consuming spurious liquor," Assistant administrator of civil hospital Dr Gautam Sharma said.
Gujarat hooch tragedy death toll rises to 127July 12th, 2009 AHMEDABAD J - The toll in the Ahmedabad hooch tragedy has risen to 127 following fourteen more deaths. According to police, 229 people are still admitted to various city hospitals.
Gujarat government rejects Mallya's suggestion to rethink prohibition policyJuly 11th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Rejecting liquor baron Viajy Mallya's suggestion to rethink the state's prohibition policy, the Gujarat government said, that he should look at his liquor business and keep out of state's affairs. With the death toll of state's worst liquor tragedy nearing 130, Mallya, the owner of United Breweries, had said the enforcement of prohibition is becoming a mockery, which leads to illegal, unhygienic and unsupervised production of poisonous cocktails that claim innocent lives, and called the politicians to rethink over the prohibition policy in the interest of the people.
Gujarat hooch tragedy death toll rises to 122July 11th, 2009 AHMEDABAD J - The toll in Ahmedabad hooch tragedy has rises to 122after nine more deaths were reported. The police said that now 122 people have died and 227 were admitted to various city hospitals.
Women Sakhi Mandal destroy liquor dens in GujaratJuly 11th, 2009 SURAT - Members of Sakhi Mandal, a women's group in Gujarat's Surat district, destroyed liquor dens. They burnt all material and spurious liquor kept in drums launching their drive against liquor barons on Saturday.
Educational institutions remain shut in Gujarat to condemn hooch tragedyJuly 10th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Schools and colleges remained closed in Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Friday as a mark of protest over the death of around 105 people due to consumption of spurious liquor. Cases of people dying after consuming spurious liquor were reported on Monday and by Thursday (around105 deaths were reported.
Ahmedabad hooch death toll rises to 65July 9th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - With the death of 17 more people, the death toll following the consumption of spurious liquor in Ahmedabad rose to 65 on Thursday. According to police, 17 more people died during treatment at various hospitals.
Three held for supplying spurious liquor in DelhiMay 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man, his wife and his mother have been arrested for allegedly supplying spurious liquor that caused the death of over 30 people in the last two months in the capital, police said Wednesday. Gautam alias Cheeku, 36, his wife Maya, 35, and mother Manjeet Kaur, 55, were arrested for supplying spurious country made liquor, which resulted in many deaths, mainly of labourers, in Dabri, Khyala and Rajouri Garden during March and April.
Five die in hooch tragedy in DelhiApril 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least five people have died in the past three days in west Delhi after consuming spurious country liquor, police said Sunday. The victims were residents of Raghuveer Nagar in West Delhi.
Spurious liquor kills four in Delhi, residents hold protestsMarch 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four people died after consuming spurious liquor in southwest Delhi, police said Thursday, even as protests by residents - who claimed the toll was over 10 in the past week - led to massive traffic jams in the area. 'Four people died after consuming spurious liquor in the Brahmapuri region,' the duty officer at the Dabri police station said.
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