The number of deaths in Gujarat’s Botad district owing to the consumption of illegal and toxic liquor has risen to 28, authorities said Thursday.
According to authorities, some 30 individuals are still being treated at several government hospitals in Bhavnagar, Botad, Barvala, and Dhandhuka. According to Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) Ashish Bhatia, three bootleggers from the Botad area were arrested for allegedly peddling bogus country-made booze.
The majority of those killed were labourers. Earlier in the day, the widow of a victim under treatment told reporters that her husband’s condition began to deteriorate hours after he drank hooch in Rojid village on Sunday night.
Police said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police-rank officer will be constituted to investigate the event and apprehend the bootleggers who sold the fake booze. The occurrence was described as “unfortunate.”
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