Everyone has always known that there are ‘Moon Shiners’ in the mountains.\u00a0 I personally don’t know a single one but then again I might and just don’t know it.\u00a0 I do know of a man that drank some bad homemade liquor and ended up in the hospital but never anything like this.<\/p>\n
The death toll from a mass poisoning involving home-brewed alcohol in the western Indian state of Gujarat has risen to 71.\u00a0 A police officer in the state’s largest city, Ahmedabad, said another five people were seriously ill in hospital after consuming the contaminated liquor at a party on Sunday.\u00a0 The Press Trust of India reported that six police officers in the city had been suspended and transferred for failing to crack down on illegal distilleries.<\/p>\n
The state’s home affairs minister yesterday announced an inquiry into the easy availability of bootleg liquor in the region. Selling and consuming alcohol is a criminal offence in Gujarat, which is India’s only dry state.\u00a0 Deaths from cheap alcohol are common in India. Last year nearly 170 people died after drinking from a single batch of toxic liquor in southern India.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Everyone has always known that there are ‘Moon Shiners’ in the mountains.\u00a0 I personally don’t know a single one but then again I might and just don’t know it.\u00a0 I do know of a man that drank some bad homemade liquor and ended up in the hospital but never anything like this. The death toll … <\/p>\n