Hooch claims two lives in AhmedabadAugust 29th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Ahmedabad police recovered the bodies of two persons who died after allegedly consuming illicit liquor on Friday. Three other persons are undergoing treatment at the hospital.
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.
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.
Supplier of Ahmedabad killer brew arrestedJuly 17th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Vinod Dagri, alleged to be the main supplier of the illicit liquor that led to the death of 136 people here last week, was arrested Friday along with three of his accomplices, police said. "We arrested Dagri and three of his accomplices early this morning from the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
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.
Gujrat illicit liquor death toll rises to a scary 136July 11th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The death toll in Gujarat's worst moonshine tragedy has risen to 136 with 26 more people dying in city hospitals after consuming illicit liquor, officials said Saturday. This is the highest death toll in Gujarat from consuming moonshine since 1989 when 132 people had died in a matter of days in Vadodara.
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 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 liquor death toll rises to 105July 10th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The death toll in one of Gujarat's worst moonshine tragedies rose to 105 even as doctors in four hospitals were trying desperately to save scores of other critically ill patients, officials said Friday. People began dying Monday after having consumed illicit liquor.
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.
Illicit liquor kills seven in AhmedabadJuly 7th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Seven persons died on Tuesday after consuming illicit liquor in Majoor Gam area here. According to the police, five others, in critical condition, are undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Illicit liquor distributed in high quantities in PunjabMarch 31st, 2009 AMRITSAR - Illicit liquor brewers are getting ready to meet the increasing demand from politicians in Punjab for their products in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections. Amanpreet, who is involved in making illicit liquor, said that the demand from politicians for country liquor is because of the higher prices of English liquor, which cannot be distributed, in huge numbers.
Women vandalise illicit liquor shops in PuneMarch 17th, 2009 PUNE - Armed with sticks, women took to the streets in Pune and destroyed illicit liquor shops. Scores of women attacked two shops and set fire to barrels of illicit liquor.
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