Gujarat hooch tragedy...42 people died...death toll may increase

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Claims of undercounting of death surface as 97 people continue to receive treatment

 

 

Death toll in the Gujarat hooch tragedy climbed to 42, even as 97 people are still under treatment in various hospitals in Bhavnagar and Ahmedabad. Some of them are said to be in a critical condition, battling for their life.

Of the 42 people who lost their life after consuming spurious liquor, 32 occurred in Botad district, while the remaining were 10 in Ahmedabad district.

However, sources from the villages where the deaths have occurred claimed that the State authorities were reporting a lower number, not counting the many who died without making it to hospitals for treatment.

On Wednesday evening, Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi told media persons in Gandhinagar that the trial will be conducted in a fast track court and the accused would be chargesheeted within 10 days.

 

“We will ensure that the guilty would be awarded exemplary punishment,” he said in his first reaction after the State’s worst hooch tragedy in a decade.

Mr. Sanghavi reported that as many as 10 different police teams have been set up in Botad and Ahmedabad, the accused have been arrested, chemical used for making hooch recovered, and suppliers identified and named in the FIRs. Of the 38 people named in the FIR, 15 have been arrested so far.

“A three-member committee has also been set up and that will submit its report soon,” the Minister said, denying laxity on part of the government and the police in enforcing prohibition in the State.

The opposition parties continued to target the BJP government over the hooch tragedy and “free flow of liquor” across the State.

On Wednesday, a delegation of the state leaders met Governor Acharya Devvrat and submitted a memorandum about the incident.

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Actual death figure in Gujarat hooch tragedy could be higher than govt record: Source

 

The death toll due to the consumption of spurious liquor in Gujarat's Botad district has reached 42. However, according to police sources investigating the Gujarat hooch tragedy, the real figure in the incident will be much more than the figures on record.

 

According to police sources, many people died and family conducted last rites thinking that they may have died naturally.

In such a case, 25-year-old Bhavesh Chavda was buried after his death without post mortem. The family members took Bhavesh to hospital after his health deteriorated but he died before admission. The family took his body back home and performed final rites. The FSL team arrived at his village and exhumed the body. After exhuming the body, a post mortem was done. On Wednesday, the body was handed back to the family.

The current deaths in the Gujarat hooch tragedy is 42 and it may increase as many are currently in serious conditions and admitted to different hospitals.

A police officer said, "Our teams are going village by village to find out deaths and anyone with symptoms like blurry vision, stomach pain, giddiness, vomiting, etc."

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