INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
AHMEDABAD: As many as five died in three different villages in Kheda district of Gujarat and one man was critical after consuming a herbal
syrup laced with methyl alcohol, said police officers.Police said that three men have been detained in the case to know the source of the
spurious syrup which was sold at Rs 130 for each bottle to the people in Kheda district.On November 27, Mitesh Chauhan, 27, from Vadadala
officer.On November 28 morning, Alpesh was going to drop Chauhan at his house in an autorickshaw during which Chauhan suffered uneasiness
Alpesh called up an 108 ambulance which reached Chauhan and its medical staff checked Chauhan and declared him dead.Even after that, Alpesh
took him to a government run hospital and a private hospital in Mahemdavad where doctors confirmed that Chauhan had died
complications like uneasiness and vomiting due to the effect of the syrup
He was admitted to a private hospital in Mahemdavad where he died on Wednesday night.After that, three men from Bilodara village in Nadiad
named Natu Sodha, Arjun Sodha and Ashok Sodha were admitted in two different private hospitals following complications of uneasiness and
vomiting.Arjun and Ashok had died on Wednesday evening after which the issue of deaths due to consumption of hooch went viral
After which, a team of Kheda police began an inquiry and found a patient admitted in an ICU ward of a private hospital
Before police questioned him, he died and the cops had to convince his family for the legal case.Kheda SP Rajesh Gadhia said that a panel
herbal syrup was a grocery shop owner from Bilodara named Kishan Sodha
He had sold syrups to 55 different persons who have been identified and five of them died
admitted to Ahmedabad Civil hospital
