Spurious Liquor

Gujarat hooch tragedy: 2 SPs transferred, 6 cops suspended

Some small-time bootleggers of different villages in Botad district had made the spurious liquor by mixing water with methyl alcohol or Methanol, a highly poisonous industrial solvent, and sold it to villagers for Rs 20 per pouch

Gujarat hooch tragedy: Toll rises to 40, 10 held so far for selling spurious liquor

Out of the deceased, 31 belonged to different villages in Botad and nine were natives of neighbouring Dhandhuka taluka in Ahmedabad district, the official of Botad police control room said

30 dead in Gujarat after drinking spurious liquor: A look at the worst hooch tragedies in India

As many as 30 people have died in Gujarat's Botad district after consuming illicit liquor. Death by spurious alcohol is not rare and claims hundreds of lives every year. In 2019, 168 people died in Assam and in 2011, at least 167 lives were lost in West Bengal

Gujarat hooch tragedy: 28 dead, 600 lts of spurious liquor sold at Rs 40,000

Gujarat Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia informed that three FIRs have been registered at Barwala, Ranpur and Ahmedabad Rural, adding that local police will constitute SIT

Bihar hooch tragedy: About 40 dead in several districts since Diwali

The latest deaths have been recorded in Samastipur district. Earlier, at least 33 people died in Gopalganj and West Champaran districts upon consuming spurious liquor.

Aligarh hooch tragedy: 22 dead, more still critical after consuming spurious liquor; five arrested

The police have booked 12 people in three different cases till now. Several raids were carried out in various parts of the district throughout the night and are still continuing to nab more accused

Madhya Pradesh hooch tragedy: Toll mounts to 20; CM orders removal of Morena collector, SP

Twenty-one more are currently undergoing treatment in Morena and Gwalior, said a senior police official. Police also said they have registered a case against seven people and launched a search for them

Punjab spurious liquor tragedy: Toll rises to 62 as 23 more casualties reported from Tarn Taran

A senior police official said families of several victims were not coming forward to record their statements but they persuaded them to do so.

Punjab spurious liquor deaths: 38 dead, eight arrested; police to conduct raids in Amritsar, Batala, Tarn Taran

The Punjab DGP said that a resident of a village in Amritsar district had been arrested for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and under provisions of Excise Act

Barabanki Hooch Tragedy: 16 dead, three arrested; Uttar Pradesh govt announces 2 lakh compensation

Following the unfortunate death of 16 people due to consumption of spurious liquor, Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three people while the state government has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the deceased.