Gujarat hooch tragedy: Key accused held

Ahmedbad, Jul 17: Vinod Dagri, the key accused in the Gujarat hooch tragedy has been arrested by the Crime Branch in Ahmedabad on Friday, Jul 17.

Two of his associates Ajay Thakkar and Sunil were also arrested along with him. Gujarat police have also held massive raids across the state and booked more than 6,000 people so far for violating prohibition.

The minister of the state, Amit Shah said, "With a view to prohibiting the misuse of such illicit and spurious liquor and in view of the situation, it is considered necessary to amend the existing provisions of the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949 and make stringent provisions for offences relating to manufacturing, constructing, selling, buying, keeping, transporting etc of such spurious liquor."

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