I still remember the day they invited my husband to a wedding party and made him drink liquor laced with poison.
He was found unconscious in an isolated spot in the village. We rushed him to the hospital but it was too late.
It’s four years since he died. But those behind his death are yet to be punished. Three people were arrested after I lodged a police complaint, but two of them got bail.
I am now the sole breadwinner of the family – my three young daughters and my mother-in-law. She stopped drinking after losing her son.
I grow vegetables on my land to run my family.
But my fight has inspired women in other villages to run similar campaigns. In 2019 Tata Steel Foundation honoured me with the Bhanumati Neelkanth Award for my bravery.
Despite losing my husband, I am satisfied that my fight has borne a result – not a single hooch unit has resumed business.