Liquor Tomatoes

The liquor mafia in Gujarat, a dry state, has devised a novel way to keep business running.

The liquor mafia in Gujarat, a dry state, has devised a novel way to keep business running. Tomatoes in Modi’s state come injected with Indian Made Foreign Liquor. And in this heady avatar, they are selling at Rs 250-300 a kg. The police haven’t figured out how to tell the alcoholic tomatoes from the regular ones yet. The state is pretty serious about clamping down on liquor. In 2009, the state Assembly had passed a Bill proposing punishment up to death penalty to deter the illicit liquor trade after a hooch tragedy claimed more than 130 lives. But till the Gujarat police get their act together, here’s to tomatoes.

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