On May 28, when five people died in Dapodi, local residents were already alleging that spurious liquor could be the reason. The suspicion was not coming from experts or politicians. It was coming from people on the ground who knew what had happened and what the victims had consumed.

Residents linked the deaths to consumption of spurious liquor even as police said the exact cause of the deaths would be known only they get post-mortem reports | India News

Authorities in Pune are investigating a possible hooch angle following the deaths of eight individuals within 24 hours, primarily in the Phugewadi area