Chhapra hooch tragedy: At least twenty people in Chhapra area of Bihar's Saran district have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor amid reports that the toll is expected to climb, said police on Wednesday (December 14). Though the police in Ishauvpur have not confirmed the cause of the suspicious deaths yet.
Madhepur DSP reached the spot and started the investigation. The police are searching for more sick people who might be in hiding to avoid interrogation as the sale and consumption of alcohol is completely banned in Bihar since April 2016. Among the deceased are Amit Ranjan, who died during treatment at Chhapra Sadar Hospital. The district police force have reached the hospital and taken Ranjan's body into custody.
Due to consumption of illicit liquor many people have lost their lives in area of Maharajganj MP Janardan Singh Sigriwal.
List of victims:
People who have lost their lives in the hooch tragedy are- Vijendra Rai, Harendra Ram, Ramji Saha, Amit Ranjan, Sanjay Singh, Kunal Singh, Ajay Giri, Mukesh Sharma, Bharat Ram, Jaydev Singh, Manoj Ram, Mangal Rai, Nasir Hussain, Ramesh Ram, Chandra Ram, Vikki Mahto, Lallan Ram, Govind Rai, Premchand Shah and Dinesh Thakur.
Earlier in the day, "Three died, bodies sent for postmortem, these look like suspicious deaths. I have also received information that some more are receiving treatment at different places," SP S Kumar said.
The police said that the cause of the death would be ascertained only after the post-mortem. Four other people, who reportedly died in the village after consuming spurious liquor have been identified and include Sanjay Singh of Doila village, Kunal Kumar of Mashrak area, and Ganesh Ram all from Ishauvpur police station area.
The relatives of the deceased have claimed that the cause of death is spurious liquor but police have yet to confirm.In mid-August in a similar case in the same district in Bhualpur village, five people had died after consuming spurious liquor.
Ruckus in Bihar assembly:
Meanwhile, ruckus erupted in the Bihar Assembly on illicit liquor death toll matter. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar alleged BJP for selling spurious liquor in the state and also called them drunkard.
(With agencies inputs)
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