Some 130 million people in eastern India have been unable to buy alcohol under what's been called the world's largest 'prohibition experiment'. But it's resulted in a thriving bootleg industry with deadly consequences.
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00:00Station house officer Sanjit Kumar has received a tip about a brewing operation.
00:07Sanjit relies on informers to track down the hidden locations.
00:12He is living in forest and giving all information to police.
00:17This is dense and unforgiving terrain.
00:47The informant has found something.
00:59Please, come here.
01:04This is full.
01:07Oh my God, it stinks.
01:10It's 2,000 litres of fermenting country liquor.
01:19And how long has this been here for?
01:21Four days or five days before.
01:23A mix of mahua flowers, unrefined cane sugar and methanol to speed up the process.
01:29And you'll destroy this now?
01:31No, now we will destroy these things, otherwise he will start.
01:43These illegal set-ups are cash machines, producing 1,000 litres a day and raking in $40,000 a month.
01:53As soon as one is shut down, another springs up in its place.