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Bhavnagar hooch death toll rises to 13, probe widens
Two more patients died in the Bhavnagar spurious liquor case, taking the toll to 13. Officials said 67 people had consumed the liquor, which contained methanol. Three others remain in hospital. Police…
Two more patients died in the Bhavnagar spurious liquor case, taking the toll to 13. Officials said 67 people had consumed the liquor, which contained methanol. Three others remain in hospital. Police have arrested 13 of the 21 accused named in the FIR.
The victims consumed liquor packed in bottles carrying a popular IMFL brand name. The Forensic Science Laboratory report found the liquor contained 38.59 per cent methanol and 0.94 per cent ethanol. The investigation has been handed over to the Gujarat Police State Monitoring Cell. The liquor was allegedly prepared at the house of Gautam Solanki in Vartej with help from Raees, detained in Ujjain. Teams have been sent to Madhya Pradesh and Delhi to trace the raw material supply.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Both India Today and Hindustan Times report the same facts with straight wire-style framing, attributing all details to officials. There is no critical or sensational slant: neither outlet questions the state's prohibition policy or the enforcement gaps that allowed methanol-laced liquor to circulate. The uniform neutral-report stance means a careful reader can trust the concrete numbers (13 dead, 67 consumers, 38.59 per cent methanol) but should note the absence of opposition or activist comment. What to watch: whether the State Monitoring Cell's probe leads to arrests of higher-level suppliers, and whether any civil liability action follows against the IMFL brand whose labels were counterfeited.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): indiatoday.in (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
