In western India, shady alcohol use has caused the deaths of at least 21 persons.
In Gujarat state’s Ahmedabad and Botad districts, where alcohol production, sale, and consumption are all outlawed, dozens of people have also developed illnesses.
According to the local media, three alleged bootleggers were detained on suspicion of distributing the tainted alcohol.
In India, illegally made alcohol frequently causes fatalities.
Contrary to legal booze, illegal liquor is much less expensive and frequently contains additives like pesticides to make it more potent.
In India’s underground economy, where smugglers are exempt from paying taxes, it has grown to be extremely profitable.
A man is transported to the hospital on a stretcher. He was one of several who became unwell after consuming tainted booze in western India.
They offer their hazardous goods in vast quantities to the underprivileged people at low prices.
In the northern Indian state of Punjab, at least 120 people died from drinking wine that had been tainted in 2020.
