Man behind Delhi hooch tragedy arrestedSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man who was allegedly the main supplier of spurious liquor that claimed 26 lives in west and southwest Delhi in March has been arrested, police said Thursday. Sukhbir, 37, was arrested by the Crime Branch Aug 31 and then taken into remand for three days.
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.
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.
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.
Two held for making hoochMay 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two men have been arrested for manufacturing the spurious liquor that caused death of over 30 people in the capital during the last two months, police said Tuesday. Raman, 32, and his younger brother Chaman, 30 - both residents of Gurgaon - were arrested by the special operations squad of the crime branch from Kapashera area Monday.
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.
Spurious liquor kills four in OrissaMay 5th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least four people died and six others fell sick after allegedly consuming illicit liquor in a village in Orissa's Bolangir district, an official said Friday. The residents of Bandhpali village in Bolangir, 330 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, developed sickness after consuming liquor Thursday night.
Hooch tragedy: man held for supplying spurious liquorApril 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 48-year-old man has been arrested here for supplying spurious liquor that caused the death of over 30 people in the last two months in west Delhi, police said Thursday. Mukesh, accused in 60 cases of excise violation and other offences, was arrested Wednesday from the vicinity of Gagan Cinema in Nand Nagari in northeast Delhi.
Government orders magisterial probe into Delhi hooch deathsApril 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi government Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into spurious liquor case and withdrew a brand of alcohol that has methyl alcohol in much higher content than permissible, an official statement said. Finance Minister A.K.
Hooch tragedy: police announce reward for cluesApril 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal Wednesday announced a reward of Rs.100,000 for those helping unearth the source of spurious illicit liquor that has claimed at least 30 lives in two months.
Agitated residents set West Delhi police booth on fire over hooch deathsApril 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of people shouted slogans and set objects on fire outside a police booth in the Rajouri Garden area of West Delhi on Monday to express their rage on the deaths, which have taken place due to consumption of contaminated alcohol. According to media reports, at least 15 deaths have taken place in West Delhi due to spurious alcohol.
Hooch toll rises to eight, angry residents target policeApril 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Angry residents ransacked a police booth, blocked roads and raised slogans against the police in west Delhi Monday as two more people died after they drank spurious liquor, taking the toll in the past five days in Delhi to eight. However, residents of two west Delhi localities claim that 15 people have died of spurious liquor.
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.
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