Hooch toll rises to 122

Hooch toll rises to 122Sad and surprising but true. The toll in Ahmedabad hooch tragedy has claimed over 122 lives, while about 300 affected are still undergoing treatment at various hospitals.

The city is witnessing deaths from specious liquor since last five days.

A spokesman of the government-run Civil Hospital said postmortem of 108 people, who died after consuming the toxic brew distributed by bootleggers, had been performed so far.

Over 62 affected are still undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital, where 18 in-patients have died so far.

34 patients have undergone dialysis even as six are in critical condition, added an official.

The police was successful in breaking the hooch chain with the arrest of Harishankar Kahar, who is considered as the main supplier of the killer brew. Kahar was arrested early on Friday morning.

Apart from this, police official also conducted raids on all known liquor dens and rounded up over 800 alleged bootleggers.

Meanwhile, the opposition party viz. Congress has demanded the resignation of CM Narendra Modi and Minister of State for Home Amit Shah on moral grounds.

Shaktisinh Gohil, leader of the Opposition in the Assembly said the episode was intimidating to materialize as the largest ever hooch tragedy in the dry State, surpassing even the 132 deaths recorded in Vadodara in 1989.

However, government spokesperson, Jaynarayan Vyas, said: "The Opposition will get enough chances to politicize issues. But they should not politicize this tragedy."