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Hooch Tragedy: Death toll climbs to 86, bootleggers detained

Ahmedabad: The death toll in the hooch tragedy rose to 86 with another 38 persons falling victims in more areas in the City on Thursday as the police launched a crackdown arresting over 450 bootleggers and sealing scores of illicit liquor dens across Gujarat. Angry people took to streets damaging municipa  ....Read more

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Hooch TragedyBy: Dr Raman | Wednesday , 15 Jul '09 19:19:35 PM Reply | Forward Congress desperately looking for Modi's displacement. It failed to please masses by showcasing "post-Godhra riots". Now they are taking "Hooch tragedy" to blame Modi. However, they should remember that it happened several times (1977, 1980, 1988, 1989 and 1990) in the past when Congress government was ruling the state. I suspect that they might be the culprits behind this tragedy. Their attitude can be seen while they are ransacking government property.
PLEASE ONE MINUTEBy: BABU | Sunday , 12 Jul '09 8:56:38 AM Reply | Forward THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRINKING THE ALCOHOL SHOULD LEARN FROM THESE INCIDENTS AN IMPORTANT LESSON THAT, MAY BE THEY WILL BE THE VICTIMS NEXT DAY. SO CARE FUL . WHY YOU ARE DRINKING IT AND BECOME THE HATRED ONE BY THE SOCEITY AND FAMILY AND EVEN BY YOU WIFE AND CHILDRENS?
HOOCH TRAGEDYBy: NIRANJAN | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 17:03:52 PM Reply | Forward SO, WE HAVE ARRESTED A FEW PEOPLE AND DESTROYED A FEW HOOCH DENS. SO WHAT? VERY SOON THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF HOOCH. ALSO, ALL THE PEOPLE ARRESTED WILL SLOWLY GET BAIL AND WILL BE IN BUSINESS SOON. IT WILL BE THINGS BACK TO WHERE IT WAS TILL ANOTHER HOOCH TRAGEDY. NOTHING HAS CHANGED AND WILL EVER CHANGE.
MsBy: Pallavi | Friday , 10 Jul '09 10:00:19 AM Reply | Forward Why did they consume the liquor? Didn't they know its prohibited in the state? Why should the government now be solely blamed?
hooch tragedy in ahamedabadBy: prem chandra | Friday , 10 Jul '09 4:57:53 AM Reply | Forward make the state wet now. enough of gandhigiri. blame has to be owned by all prvious administrations including modi.
Why drink Alchohol?By: Arif Muhammad | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 23:41:41 PM Reply | Forward In poor country like India, any think that is dangerous and un healthy for human consumption should be banned, including alchohol
Hooch Tragedy: Death toll climbs to 86, bootleggers detained-Oh What is happening to Gujjus?By: Nikhlesh Patel | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 22:25:17 PM Reply | Forward Very sad, hope we learn the value of life.
I Bet.. This traged will only be used to lift ban on liquorBy: Vikram | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 22:20:04 PM Reply | Forward The only option is to suspend all the police officers in which ever area such dens are found. Even today on 9th July 2009 it is possible to get whichever brand of liquor you want in Vadodara. This opporturnity will only be used to lift ban on liquor.
Real QuestionBy: S T | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 20:41:28 PM Reply | Forward It is true that spurious liquor could not be made without some level of collusion from the political and governmental echelons. It is also true that any kind of alcohol can be bought in Gujarat irrespective of your religious or political affiliation. But here is the tough question: Did these people who consumed the spurious liquor not know about the prohibition? An even tougher question: Wouldnt punishing the victims actually be far more effective? Even USA gave up with prohibition because people tend to consume more at such times and the State ends up losing revenue. Right now, the only people getting rich are those who deal this alcohol and the ones they bribe to be able to do so.
Hooch tragedy-Is it necessaryBy: k.madhukar | Thursday , 9 Jul '09 20:33:06 PM Reply | Forward Gujarat, in fact ,is the wettest state in the country where liqour is freely available, if one has the means and contacts.Its only the poor who can not afford so called IMFL, fall prey to hooch tragedies.Mahathma gandhi has been long forgotten in this state, yet in his name, the powers be would not act sanely and lift prohibition.To claim Gujarat is a dry state is not only travsty of truth , but also joke of the millenium.The other joke is , apart from the self styled gandiates rooting for prohibition,the section which wants the prohibition to continue are the exice and police depts,for reasons not difficult to guess.As some wise man once said that" India mostly suffers from self inflicted misceries than inflicted by others", this is one such example to prove he is right
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