Gandhinagar, July 9 (Inditop.com) Police have closed down 1,200 liquor dens and arrested at least 800 bootleggers in Gujarat, an official said Thursday.
The police action follows 84 deaths caused by moonshine in Ahmedabad city since Monday. The tragedy is one of the worst in the state where consumption and sale of liquor is officially banned.
Nearly 170 people were still warded in four hospitals of Ahmedabad, some in critical condition. From the time people began dying Monday, the number of fatalities has mounted rapidly.
A home department official monitoring the police raids said: “A majority of those arrested deal only in country liquor in ghettos in cities, townships and villages.”
He said over 1,000 police personnel have formed teams in all districts to take action against the illegal liquor dens.
