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Reports of young men and women falling gravely ill after consumption of alcoholic concoctions brewed in private homes are starting to trickle in.

Just recently, a woman died after drinking what was believed to be khadi, which she reportedly found in her cousin’s fridge.

The concoctions are plenty, and videos of some of the homemade alcoholic beverages have been doing rounds on social media. These drinks have variety of names and watching someone open the two-litre bottles that these beverages are packaged in leaves a lot to be desired. Some of the beverages, once packaged gather so much gas, which makes opening the bottle a challenge. In some of the videos, it is clearly visible that some of these concoctions could possibly be lethal or extremely dangerous to one’s health.

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