A shocking 'mass poisoning' incident has left at least 28 people killed and made around 60 others ill.
In the Ahmedabad and Botad districts of Guajarat in India, methyl alcohol was used to make booze that was extremely strong according to police.
A permit is needed for the consumption of alcohol in Gujarat and it cannot be bought or sold in the state. Reports say that victims, mostly agriculture and sanitary workers, did not seek help for fear of arrest after the consumption of alcohol.
Bhavnagar Ashok Yadav, inspector general of police, told The Times of India: "There was 98% methanol in the liquor they consumed, that means they had consumed methanol only which has increased the death toll."
Police also said they had arrested "several" people involved for alleged sale fo "spurious liquor." Narol's Jayesh Khavadiya was arrested along with eight other poeple.
They were also forced to form 100 teams of people to go to surrounding villages and makes sure anyone who had ingested the alcohol was admitted to hospital for treatment.
The state has experienced frequent problems with booze and this is not the first time it has experienced several deaths from the sale of black-market alcohol.
Politicians and police have both been blamed for being hand in glove with bootlegger sellers, turning a blind eye to the crimes.
When alcohol production is forced underground, it can become dangerous without the regulation the industry usually has. Pesticides are commonly used to increase the strength of the drink.
A 'hooch tragedy' in 1976 claimed the lives of 100 people when they began complaining of blurred vision and started arriving en masse at the local hospital.
Another incident in Ahmedabad in 2009 killed 123 with another 200 losing their eyesight according to Vibes of India.
Gujarat's strict rules on is reported to stretch back to the time of Gandhi, who was born in the state.
Its constitution says: "The State shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of the consumption except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health."
Gandhi was against the consumption of alcohol and is believed to have said that if he was made dictator for a short, flash in the pan moment where he only had time to do one thing, he would ban alcohol.
