Summary:
Surat police on Monday night arrested two women for allegedly selling spurious liquor. A mother-daughter duo was arrested by Surat police Monday night for allegedly selling spurious liquor laced with Thuja, a homeopathic medicine, which claimed six lives in Surat city during last one week, police said. Police have recovered some plastic pouches containing a few drops of spurious liquor from the house of Sheela and sent it to FSL for laboratory test. According to police, one of the hooch victims identified as Khagat Sinh Barot (40), a resident of Chowk Bazaar had consumed spurious liquor sold by Sheela. The toxic liquor was prepared by the duo using Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), water, chocolate powder and homeopathic medicine having alcohol content, a release quoting Commissioner of Police, Surat city, Satish Sharma said on Tuesday..