Seven women detained for running illicit liquor business in AhmedabadAugust 31st, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The police detained at least seven women for selling illicit liquor known as hooch in local parlance that recently claimed three lives in Gujarat. Two breathed their last on Friday while one more person died on Saturday after consuming drinks laced with a chemical used in making perfumes.
Ahmedabad victims died of drinking chemical not hooch: PoliceAugust 29th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Ahmedabad Police on Saturday clarified that two people who died on Friday, died due to consumption of drinks having chemical content. Police has dismissed assumption that they were victims of country-made liquor known as 'hooch', and said that the Forensic Science Laboratory report confirmed that they took a substance having chemicals.
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.
Congress legislators demand President's intervention in GujaratJuly 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of Congress legislators from Gujarat called on President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and sought her intervention in the state's governance on Wednesday. The legislators blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled government for deterioration of law and order situation in the state.
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.
Mallika Sarabhai leads a protest rally against hooch tragedy in GujaratJuly 16th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Renowned danseuse and social activist Mallika Sarabhai took out a march on Thursday along with several locals to voice their ire and protest against the hooch tragedy that claimed around 130 lives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Sarabhai and family members of victims, who died after consumption of spurious liquor, led a march to the Gujarat state's Assembly to demand strict action against those guilty.
Gujarat govt. to bring stringent law to punish spurious liquor dealersJuly 15th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Gujarat government on Wednesday declared that it would soon bring a new law having a provision to punish dealers of spurious liquor with seven years in imprisonment to capital punishment. The State government has come into action following wide uproar over the death of 152 people in Ahmedabad due to drinking illegally brewed liquor.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ahmedabad hooch death toll rises to 103July 10th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Gujarat hooch tragedy death toll has risen to 103. According to police, the number of fatalities could go up as about 200 people are still undergoing treatment.he new cases were reported from Odhav, Amaraiwadi, Rakhial and Raipur.
Ahmedabad hooch death toll rises to 73(Lead: Hooch death)July 9th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - With the death of 25 more people, the death toll following the consumption of spurious liquor in Ahmedabad rose to 73 on Thursday. According to police, 25 more people died during treatment at various hospitals.
Youth protesting hooch sale attacked in West BengalMarch 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - A 18-year-old youth was seriously injured by those selling illicit liquor Sunday in a West Bengal town after he tried to protest its sale. Residents of Chamrail town of Kolkata's neighbouring Howrah district raided a local hooch outlet Saturday night.
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