Two folks died and 4 others had been hospitalised after they consumed liquor in Dehgam in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district on Monday, police stated.
The state has been dry since its formation in 1960.
In keeping with the first info obtained by the police, the victims’ our bodies had been despatched for autopsy by the police.
Gandhinagar Superintendent of Police (SP) Ravi Teja Vasamsetty stated a forensic report revealed that methyl alcohol was not current within the liquor which the victims drank, implying that it was not toxic alcohol.
The police stated the victims bought liquor from an area liquor smuggler in Lihoda village. In keeping with the village sarpanch, this was not the primary incident wherein somebody died within the village on account of consuming liquor.
An investigation was on to understand how the victims died, however consultants stated consuming liquor on an empty abdomen may be deadly.
Congress chief Amit Chavda hit out on the ruling BJP authorities and alleged that such incidents had been occurring as a result of failure of the police and authorities to maintain a test on the alleged liquor mafia.
He stated folks had been dropping their lives as liquor was out there in every single place regardless of Gujarat being a dry state.
“This incident is due to the failure of the police and the government. Liquor and drugs are available in Gujarat in such a way that we are moving in the direction of Udta Gujarat like Udta Punjab,” Chavda stated whereas referring to the Bollywood movie.
The state authorities didn’t problem an official assertion on the matter on the time of publishing this story.