Illicit Liquor

The authorities during a raid at a village in Gujarat's Kutch district seized 340 litres of illicit liquor and arrested nine persons for their alleged involvement in the illegal liquor trade, an official said on Sunday.

The police have arrested a key suspect in the toxic liquor tragedy in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi.

In the wake of the deaths in Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu in which 50 people died, 250 liters of illicit liquor were seized and disposed off in the state's Tiruchirapalli district.

A pall of gloom has descended over Karunapuram village in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. As many as 24 of the 39 who have died after consuming illicit liquor are from here. A mass cremation is taking place, and many bodies are still lined up.

Tamil Nadu toxic alcohol death toll: At least 25 people died and more than 60 people were hospitalised after reportedly consuming toxic liquor in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district, officials said on Thursday.

Over 20 people from Kallakurichi district in the northern part of Tamil Nadu were hospitalised and at least five persons died after suspected consumption of illicit 'packet arrack', officials said on Wednesday.

About 10,000 litres of illicit liquor has been seized across Noida and Greater Noida in the Gautam Buddh Nagar constituency since the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha elections came into effect, officials said on Wednesday.

The death count due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab's Sangrur district has climbed to twenty, with six more persons succumbing, officials said today.

As many as 8 people died and 12 others are currently undergoing treatment in the hospital after allegedly consuming spurious liquor and arrested four for selling illicit liquor in Punjab's Sangrur, officials said on Thursday.

Unaccounted cash, illicit liquor and other items worth more than Rs 38.34 crore have been seized from separate places in the state till Sunday (October 29), he said.

PM Modi on Sunday took to his monthly platform, Mann Ki Baat, to spread the message of a small town in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, called Bicharpur, that has transformed itself from a hotbed of illicit liquor and narcotics to a "Mini Brazil".

The tragedy that struck Ekkiyarkuppam and Perunkaranai villages of Tamil Nadu was due to the consumption of methanol, a deadly concoction made by illicit brewers, and not due to spurious liquor, the police claimed today.

Three persons including an army man died allegedly after consuming country-made liquor in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh, said the police on Monday.

The death count in a suspected illicit liquor or hooch tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district rose to 27 today with one more person losing his life after consuming the toxic liquor in Bihar's Motihari, police said.

A statement issued by the East Champaran district administration said 20 people, "involved in the illegal trade of liquor", have been arrested following searches in different localities of Motihari.

The authorities during a raid at a village in Gujarat's Kutch district seized 340 litres of illicit liquor and arrested nine persons for their alleged involvement in the illegal liquor trade, an official said on Sunday.

The police have arrested a key suspect in the toxic liquor tragedy in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi.

In the wake of the deaths in Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu in which 50 people died, 250 liters of illicit liquor were seized and disposed off in the state's Tiruchirapalli district.

A pall of gloom has descended over Karunapuram village in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. As many as 24 of the 39 who have died after consuming illicit liquor are from here. A mass cremation is taking place, and many bodies are still lined up.

Tamil Nadu toxic alcohol death toll: At least 25 people died and more than 60 people were hospitalised after reportedly consuming toxic liquor in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district, officials said on Thursday.

Over 20 people from Kallakurichi district in the northern part of Tamil Nadu were hospitalised and at least five persons died after suspected consumption of illicit 'packet arrack', officials said on Wednesday.

About 10,000 litres of illicit liquor has been seized across Noida and Greater Noida in the Gautam Buddh Nagar constituency since the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha elections came into effect, officials said on Wednesday.

The death count due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab's Sangrur district has climbed to twenty, with six more persons succumbing, officials said today.

As many as 8 people died and 12 others are currently undergoing treatment in the hospital after allegedly consuming spurious liquor and arrested four for selling illicit liquor in Punjab's Sangrur, officials said on Thursday.

Unaccounted cash, illicit liquor and other items worth more than Rs 38.34 crore have been seized from separate places in the state till Sunday (October 29), he said.

PM Modi on Sunday took to his monthly platform, Mann Ki Baat, to spread the message of a small town in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, called Bicharpur, that has transformed itself from a hotbed of illicit liquor and narcotics to a "Mini Brazil".

The tragedy that struck Ekkiyarkuppam and Perunkaranai villages of Tamil Nadu was due to the consumption of methanol, a deadly concoction made by illicit brewers, and not due to spurious liquor, the police claimed today.

Three persons including an army man died allegedly after consuming country-made liquor in Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh, said the police on Monday.

The death count in a suspected illicit liquor or hooch tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district rose to 27 today with one more person losing his life after consuming the toxic liquor in Bihar's Motihari, police said.

A statement issued by the East Champaran district administration said 20 people, "involved in the illegal trade of liquor", have been arrested following searches in different localities of Motihari.