Amritsar Hoch Tragedy: 14 people died after drinking poisonous liquor in villages under Majitha block of Amritsar, Punjab. Most of the people who lost their lives were from Bhangali Kalan, Thariwal, Sangha and Marari Kalan areas of the block. Officials of Amritsar district claim that the death toll is expected to increase. A Punjab government spokesman said that two FIRs have been registered and chief suppliers Prabhjit Singh and Sahib Singh have been arrested from Rajasansi. Four other accused who purchased liquor from suppliers and distributed into villages have also been arrested.
Five years ago, there was a major liquor tragedy in Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts in Punjab. In July and August 2020, about 130 people were killed by allegedly drinking fake liquor in three districts of Majha region – Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Amritsar. About a dozen people had eyesight. There were about 80 deaths in Tarn Taran district alone. This is not the first time that people have died due to drinking poisonous liquor in any state of the country. But do you know how alcohol becomes poisonous. What happens in this, after drinking, accidents like Amritsar come to the fore. Why a person laughs and loses his life till some time ago.
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Illegal liquor is fatal
Most people have the illusion that drinking indigenous liquor or country made liquor is harmful to health. This sometimes becomes poisonous, due to which its consumption leads to life. But in reality it is not so. The government gives a license to make native liquor in a legal manner. It is sold on indigenous liquor contracts. At the same time, the liquor that becomes poisonous is made illegal. In general language it is also called raw alcohol. It is sold hidden in those areas where the working class or small work people live. Because it is cheaper than indigenous liquor, people of low income class consume it and lose their lives.
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How is illegal liquor made
Molasses, water and urea are mainly used to make raw wine. Many dangerous chemicals are also added to it. Oxytocin is used to rot jaggery to make raw wine. Apart from this, naval and urea is also added to produce more intoxication. All these things are harmful to any person. When firmmentation is done by mixing urea, oxotocin, jaggery and water, methyl alcohol is instead of ethyl alcohol. The reason for the formation of methyl alcohol is also not to take care of the temperature during the process of making alcohol. Due to this methyl alcohol, alcohol becomes soulless.
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Drinking it causes death
Experts say that methyl alcohol goes into the body and forms formaldehyde (formic acid). This is a poison that can cause eye light or death. It is also harmful for the drinker’s brain. If the amount of methyl alcohol in alcohol is more than 90 percent, then it becomes poisonous. Consumption of methyl alcohol in such a quantity causes nervous breakdown. Drinking poisonous alcohol causes cardiomyopathy and optic neuropathy. In cardiomyopathy, the size of the heart suddenly increases. This causes problems in blood pumping the heart and the victim gets a heart attack. Poisonous liquor drinkers have to face a lot of pain and his death is very painful.