Toxic brew: on the increase of liquor tragedies

When again, the scourge of illegal liquor has struck, this time in Punjab, eliminating more than 100 individuals and leaving many maimed. The victims, in Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur districts, were sold booze that obviously had a large quantity of denatured alcohol. The State federal government, which is accountable for both excise and law and order, has approved financial relief for the afflicted households, and suspended some police officers and authorities in charge of excise enforcement. Better after the fact, the cops claim that there was an inter-district racket in operation and made a number of arrests; on the other hand, the kith and kin of those who passed away say the illegal brew was pitched practically in the open by small-time vendors, a few of whom have now been detained. There are echoes in the catastrophe of last year’s 2 major incidents involving Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and Assam, both witnessing large-scale death. There have actually been deadly results throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, as people desperate