Police invokes murder charges in Malvani hooch case
MUMBAI: In an interesting development the Mumbai crime branch probing into the Malvani hooch incident in which 104 lives were lost, have moved an application before the 37th Metropolitan Magistrate on...
View ArticleMumbai hooch tragedy toll climbs to 95, many are critical
MUMBAI: Today the Mumbai crime branch will be submitting the contents used in making the liquor to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Kalina to get the chemicals that are used to make the liquor....
View ArticleMalwani Hooch tragedy toll climbs to 94, many are critical
MUMBAI: Today the Mumbai crime branch will be submitting the contents used in making the liquor to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Kalina to get the chemicals that are used to make the liquor....
View ArticleMumbai hooch tragedy toll climbs to 95, many critical
MUMBAI: Today the Mumbai crime branch will be submitting the contents used in making the liquor to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Kalina to get the chemicals that are used to make the liquor....
View ArticleMalwani hooch tragedy: ‘Methanol supplier’ Atiq arrested from Delhi
Mumbai/New Delhi: In a rare, perfectly coordinated move, Mumbai and Delhi police personnel on Tuesday traced and arrested Mansoor Khan alias Atiq, a key accused in the Malwani hooch tragedy in which...
View ArticleBootleg booze kills more than 100 in India
More than 94 people living in Mumbai’s Malad slum district have died from drinking poisonous moonshine last week, to Deputy Commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni, who added that...
View ArticleDeath toll from Mumbai liquor poisoning rises to 74: police
MUMBAI: The death toll from India's latest incident of mass alcohol poisoning following the consumption of toxic homemade liquor rose to 74 on Saturday, Mumbai police said. Dhananjay Kulkarni, police...
View ArticleMaharashtra hooch toll now close to 100
MUMBAI: The death toll in the Malwani hooch tragedy touched 90 on Saturday, crossing the 2004 Vikhroli incident in which 87 people had died after consuming spurious liquor. The toll may go up further...
View ArticleDeath toll from Mumbai liquor poisoning rises to 74
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View ArticleHooch mastermind a serial offender
The accused in the Malvani hooch tragedy, which has killed 97 people so far, will be tried under the stringent Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders...
View ArticleKey hooch tragedy accused Atiq may be taken to Gujarat to establish methanol...
Mumbai: The Mumbai crime branch is likely to take Mansoor Khan alias Atiq, a key accused in the hooch tragedy arrested in Delhi on Tuesday, to Gujarat to establish the chain of supply of deadly...
View ArticleMumbai tainted liquor deaths hit 74
The death toll from India’s latest incident of mass alcohol poisoning following the consumption of toxic homemade liquor rose to 74 yesterday, Mumbai police said. Mumbai Police Deputy Commissioner...
View ArticleMumbai hooch tragedy soars to 66
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) The overnight toll in the illicit liquor tragedy in a suburban bar here soared to 66 on Saturday morning with the death of 13 more people due to the poisonous brew, officials...
View ArticleIndia liquor poisoning toll rises to 74
An Indian family member holds a picture of a victim of toxic home-made liquor consumption in Mumbai. Photo: AFP The death toll from India's latest incident of mass alcohol poisoning following the...
View ArticleMumbai hooch tragedy accused face murder charge
All accused in the Malwani hooch tragedy, Maharashtra’s worst ever which killed 104 people last month, would now be booked for murder. Nine persons, including a Gujarat-based...
View ArticleMumbai hooch tragedy toll climbs to 97, many critical
MUMBAI: Today the Mumbai crime branch will be submitting the contents used in making the liquor to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Kalina to get the chemicals that are used to make the liquor....
View ArticleHooch toll 97; 2 more held; Rs 1 lakh aid for victims' kin
The toll due to consumption of spurious liquor in Malad area of Mumbai climbed to 97 today with the death of seven more persons in the last 24 hours even as police arrested two bootleggers in...
View ArticleMumbai hooch tragedy toll climbs to 74
The death toll in the illicit liquor tragedy in a suburban Mumbai bar shot up to 74 on Saturday with eight more people succumbing to the poisonous brew, officials said here. It was Maharashtra's second...
View ArticleMumbai hooch tragedy toll climbs to 53
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) The toll in the illicit liquor tragedy in a country liqour bar in suburban Mumbai shot up to 53 on Friday with 33 more people succumbing to the poisonous brew, a top police...
View ArticleDeath toll from bootleg liquor in India climbs to 94
Indian authorities say the number of people killed after drinking home-brewed liquor thought to have been laced with a highly toxic chemical in the country’s most populous city, Mumbai, has soared to...
View ArticleDeath toll from Mumbai liquor poisoning rises to 90
Mumbai (AFP) - The death toll from India's latest incident of mass alcohol poisoning following the consumption of toxic homemade liquor rose to 90 on Saturday, Mumbai police said. Dhananjay Kulkarni,...
View ArticleToxic liquor kills 33 in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Thirty-three people have died in Mumbai and nine are fighting for their lives after drinking toxic home-made liquor, police said Friday, in the latest incident of alcohol poisoning in India....
View ArticleHooch network runs deep, but not hidden
'High' price: Methyl alcohol is main culprit; leads to respiratory failure The Malvani hooch tragedy is now one of the deadliest incidents in India's commercial capital, but it is not fully...
View ArticleMumbai hooch toll 87; excise, police officials suspended
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) The toll in the Mumbai hooch tragedy - the second worst among such incidents in 11 years in Maharashtra - shot up to 87 as the state government on Saturday cracked down by...
View ArticleMumbai hooch tragedy: toll rises to 87
The death toll in Malad hooch tragedy climbed to 87 today even as the Excise department suspended four of its officials in connection with the incident. According to Mumbai Police spokesperson Dhanajay...
View ArticleMumbai hooch tragedy toll climbs to 102
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) The death toll in the Mumbai hooch tragedy - the worst in 11 years in Maharashtra - shot up to 102 on Monday, police said. "The toll has reached 102 and another 46 people are...
View ArticleToxic liquor kills two
AHMEDABAD: Two men living in the same housing society died on Monday morning after consuming toxic liquor. For now, police have ruled out methanol poisoning and have sent viscera samples to the...
View ArticlePoisoned Alcohol Claims More Lives In Mumbai
According to Reuters India, at least 94 people have died in Mumbai as a direct result of the poisoned alcohol. The homemade liquor is likely to claim even more lives too as many are still in hospital...
View ArticleDeath toll climbs to 94 in Mumbai hooch tragedy
Mumbai: The toll due to consumption of spurious liquor in Malad area of Mumbai today climbed to 94 with the death of four more persons. "The death toll has risen to 94 while 45 are still undergoing...
View ArticleMumbai hooch toll touches 90
The death toll in the Malvani hooch tragedy continues to rise and stood at 90 on Saturday evening. About 34 people are still being treated at various hospitals. Funeral pyres have not stopped burning...
View ArticlePure, poisonous methanol found in some samples from Malvani hooch joints
During investigations into the Malvani hooch tragedy that led to over a hundred deaths last month, laboratory...
View ArticleMumbai toxic alcohol deaths reach 100: police
The death toll from India's latest case of mass bootleg liquor poisoning rose to 100 Monday as authorities in Mumbai pledged to crack down on the illicit trade. Dhananjay Kulkarni, deputy police...
View ArticleMin wants stricter laws, report points at confusion among hooch makers
MUMBAI: A preliminary report by the excise department into Malwani deaths points at confusion over methanol and ethanol among the hooch makers and the suppliers. Abundant quantity of deadly methanol is...
View ArticleToxic bootleg liquor claims 53 lives in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Fifty-three people have died in Mumbai and 28 others are being treated in hospital after drinking toxic home-made liquor, police said on Friday, in the latest incident of alcohol poisoning in...
View Article53 dead in Mumbai after drinking poisonous bootleg liquor
Fifty-three people have died in Mumbai and 28 others are being treated in hospital after drinking toxic home-made liquor, police said Friday, in the latest incident of alcohol poisoning in India....
View ArticleHooch death toll reaches 102, 50 others still battling for life
MUMBAI: The death toll in one of the city's worst hooch incidents rose by the hour on Monday to touch 102, four days after it began. Nearly 50 more continue to battle the suspected methanol poisoning...
View ArticleHooch death toll reaches 97, 50 others still battling for life
MUMBAI: The death toll in one of the city's worst hooch incidents rose by the hour on Sunday to touch 96, four days after it began. Nearly 50 more continue to battle the suspected methanol poisoning...
View Article14 die after drinking hooch in Malwani
Mumbai: At least 14 persons died on Thursday and over 20 are in hospital, several in a critical condition, after consuming spurious liquor in Malwani's Gaondevi area. The crime branch picked up two...
View ArticleMumbai hooch death toll climbs to 94
The death toll in the Malvani hooch tragedy climbed to 94 with the death of four more persons. About 34 people are still being treated at various hospitals. “The death toll has risen to 94 while 45 are...
View ArticleMumbai hooch toll climbs to 94
The death toll in the Malvani hooch tragedy climbed to 94 with the death of four more persons. About 34 people are still being treated at various hospitals. “The death toll has risen to 94 while 45 are...
View ArticleMumbai hooch tragedy: Civic hospital ill-equipped to handle patients
Mumbai: Days after the Malad hooch tragedy claimed over 100 lives, health officials have woken up to the reality that civic hospital and private clinics in the vicinity did not have proper...
View ArticleHooch victims fed pure poison, says forensic report
In the Malvani hooch tragedy, that left 102 dead and up to 46 battling for life in hospitals, scientists have...
View ArticleMore than 600 litres of hooch seized in city: Police
MUMBAI: Police across the city seized thousands of liquor bottles—foreign and country made—and hundred litres of country liquor that were sold illegally in hutments and without a valid permit, said the...
View ArticleScientists await results of seized alcohol contents
Family members of the hooch tragedy victims in their Malwani hutment Dinesh Parab dna While it has been...
View ArticleRs 1 lakh aid to kin of hooch victims
The Maharashtra government on Sunday announced a compensation and rehabilitation for those affected by the Malvani hooch tragedy as the death toll inched towards the...
View ArticleDeath toll from tainted liquor in Mumbai reaches 94
Ten more people died in Mumbai from drinking tainted liquor, raising the death toll to 94 in the worst such incident in India in more than a decade, police said Sunday. lRelated US & World News84...
View ArticleSuppliers of methanol knew it was poisonous: Hooch case chargesheet
Mumbai: Bharatbhai Patel and Gurubhai Patel, two illegal chemical dealers from Gujarat arrested in the Malvani hooch tragedy case, allegedly knew that the methanol they supplied to two Malvani-based...
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