Health Effect Of Illicit Liquor

Illicit liquor flooding
Trichy's TASMAC outlets
R Gokul , TNN
Feb 23, 2013,
12.51AM IST
TRICHY: It has
come to light
that a large
quantity of
illicit liquor
has reached
Trichy market.
What is more,
they are
illegally sold at
some TASMAC
bars after the
stipulated sale
hours, posing
risk to clients.
But tipplers in
Trichy city are
unaware that
they are prone
to a lot of
serious health
complications
by drinking
illicit liquors
being sold in
some TASMAC
bars in Trichy.
A recent raid
by Prohibition
Enforcement
Wing (PEW),
Trichy, had
exposed the
arrival of illicit
liquor in Trichy
bars. In a
surprise raid
conducted on
February 9 at a
bar in
Woraiyur
Nachiyarkovil
street, the
PEW police
had
confiscated 54
bottles of illicit
liquor bottles
which bore the
labels of
branded
prodcuts. Two
persons in the
bar were also
arrested.
On the same
day, the PEW
police
confiscated
2,850 Indian
Made Foreign
Liquor (IMFL)
bottles from a
house in
Karumandapa
m in Trichy.
PEW inspector
G Neelakantan
told ToI, "We
raided the bar
in Woraiyur
following a tip-
off from a
tippler who
complained of
illicit liquor
sales. Our
investigation
revealed that
the illicit
liquor and the
IMFL were
brought from
Pondicherry. It
was the first
time in the
past five
months, we
confiscated
illicit liquor in
TASMAC bars."
According to
the sources,
the spurious
liquor is made
in a factory in
Karur area for
a long time.
Such items are
sent to
TASMAC bars
in Trichy and
other areas
where they are
sold after the
scheduled sale
hours at 10
pm. However,
the tipplers
unaware of the
fact, consume
these
counterfeit
products. As
they are
available for
cheap prices,
the bars prefer
to sell them to
earn
enormous
income.
However,
Neelakantan
said "TASMAC
bar employees
buy original
brands in the
wine shops
and mix the
bottles with
the illicit
liquor so that
the customers
cannot
identify. We
are not sure
that illicit
liquors are
being sent
from Karur
area. However,
we are
regularly
conducting
raids."
Though
specious
liquor is sold
in TASMAC
bars run by
private parties,
it is sure that
it cannot be
done without
the consent of
TASMAC
employees.
Commenting
on the issue, T
Soundaiya,
TASMAC
managing
director, told
ToI, "It is
obvious that
the employees
in
government-
run TASMAC
shops would
be aware of
illegal sale of
illicit liquors in
the bar
attached to
their shops. It
is their duty to
inform the
PEW police
about it.
Otherwise,
they would be
considered as
working in
cahoots with
such
miscreants."
On the other
hand, the
health
complications
are very high
due to
consumption
of illicit liquor.
Dr M A Aleem
of Trichy, said
"First of all,
the optic nerve
will be
affected by
their
consumption.
Its high level
of alcoholic
content will
lead to ulcer in
a short period
and severely
affect liver,
kidney, brain
and
cerebellum.
Memory loss
and
unsteadiness
follow."