Women protest against illicit liquor

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Press Trust of India Gorakhpur (UP)
Last Updated : Sep 18 2013 | 10:15 AM IST
A group of 400 women from four villages here raided several illegal distilleries in Tiwaripur area and destroyed five hundred litres of country-made liquor.
The illegal liquor units in Bahrampur and Basiadeeh villages were raided and destroyed yesterday, police said today.
Various women associations and Mahila Mandals active in the area held a meeting at Basiadeeh chauraha and took a pledge to end the menace of country-made liquor.
The death of Bhagwati Nishad, an elderly person of Bahrampur village in one of the illegal liquor sale outlets, due to alleged thrashing by a youth sparked the protest, police said.

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First Published: Sep 18 2013 | 10:15 AM IST

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