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In dry Gujarat: Bootlegger, son among 16 dead in hooch tragedy

Ahmedabad: At least 16 people including a bootlegger, his son, and nephew have been reported dead from the Majoor Gam area of the city following consumption of illicit country-made liquor, locally known as lattha. Nineteen others have been hospitalised, with a few of them reported to be in serious conditi ....Read more

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Is there any liquor prohibition - law and order in Gujarat State?By: Divyesh Raythatha | Wednesday , 8 Jul '09 19:29:50 PM Reply | Forward It is a farce claiming prohibition of alcohol in Gujarat. The same situation is with law and order in the State of Gujarat. It is not possible to run a brewery making bulk of 'deshi laththa' without a soft corner of police officials. Crime rate is constantly on the rise in Gujarat, rape cases, suicides, bank robberies, murders, thefts, and other illegal activities are common in these days. Prompt attention is required before it worsens.

Hi Niranjan, IndianBy: Sukumar Pradhan | Wednesday , 8 Jul '09 19:25:27 PM Reply | Forward @Indian, Please look at the points raised by Niranjan more retrospectively. It is a well known fact that prohibition of any sort can not be imposed and expected to succeed. 3 fundamental vices, I am told, viz. wine, woman and gambling are the divine curses on human kind that can not be shaken off by a legal decree. And you talking about crime against women, Ahmadabad being safe in the night are but irrelevant,so is Mumbai also. The story of most poor women or maids working is relevant not only in Mumbai but also in Ahmadabad, are you aware of it? If you say prohibition is working for Gujarat you are like an ostrich, get it? It can not work for any one. Like the story of Jain Food (very big hypocrisy this one), you are bound to have what you want irrespective of the taboos. What one needs is proper upbringing and self control. Anything in excess is a curse. In our country, the politicians do not want certain things to happen, police, judiciary, bureaucracy so well-knit as to let it not.

Seriously?By: John Thomas | Wednesday , 8 Jul '09 15:44:33 PM Reply | Forward Dear Indian, are you serious?

@niranjanBy: Indian | Wednesday , 8 Jul '09 13:58:04 PM Reply | Forward Niranjan,Do you know that gujarat is one of the most peaceful states in the country? Do you know that women at 2 in a city as big as ahmedabad can travel alone without problems? did you know that crime against women dropped drastically in Andhra pradesh when naidu had introduced prohibition?Also, what money are you talking about? Do you know that the govt. can huge money in excise if it allows drinking? But that is not the point. Please let gujarat be and keep your silly ideas to yourself. Do you know how many husbands of maid in Mumbai do not work because of addiction to liquor. They are basically playing cards and indulge in nuisance and wife beating.

DRY LAWSBy: NIRANJAN | Wednesday , 8 Jul '09 8:49:20 AM Reply | Forward IT IS OBVIOUS THAT GUJRAT POLICE CANNOT IMPLEMENT THE DRY LAWS OF THE STATE, AS IT WOULD REQUIRE MASSIVE EFFORT AND PERSONNEL. WHAT GOOD IS ANY LAW THAT CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY? I WOULD LIKE TO TELL THE PEOPLE IN FAVOUR OF THE DRY LAW THAT MOST OF THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS NO DRY LAWS. DOES IT MEAN THAT THOSE COUNTRIES WHERE LIQUOR FLOWS FREELY ARE GONE CASES? DO THE PEOPLE THEIR DO ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY BELIEVE THE FREEING LIQUOR WOULD DO? INSTEAD OF SPENDING MONEY TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THE DRY LAW, IT WOULD BE WELL SPENT IF THE MONEY IS USED TO EDUCATE THE EXCESSES OF LIQUOR.