UP: 3 die, 10 hospitalised after consuming liquor bought from govt vend in Azamgarh
India | February 22, 2022 9:53 ISTThe deceased were identified as Ram Karan Sonkar (55), Rampreet (55) and Jhabbu Sonkar (52).
The deceased were identified as Ram Karan Sonkar (55), Rampreet (55) and Jhabbu Sonkar (52).
In Manpur, three persons died allegedly due to consumption of hooch, while two died in Chhoti Pahari, claimed family members of all the deceased.
While addressing media, Sanjay Jaiswal said, " Wherever the police are active, the illicit liquor sale is happening. Especially in the East Champaran, the sale of illicit alcohol could not happen without the collusion of police."
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav cornered Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over the incident and said that the state government has failed to take action against those responsible.
Talking to reporters, Superintendent of Police Upendra Nath Verma said, "It is a case of unnatural death and more information will be available only after a preliminary investigation."
At least one person has died and two others are undergoing treatment after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor in Bihar's Vaishali district, said a police official on Sunday.
Earlier, three persons died at Khakhrai village in the Mandsaur district on Saturday and Sunday after consuming liquor purchased from a local grocery shop. The exact cause of their deaths was not yet clear.
According to officials, several people of Khakrai village had allegedly consumed alcohol on Saturday, after which three persons died on Saturday and Sunday.
Earlier on Friday, as soon as the Lauria Police Station received the information about the deaths of eight people, the police officials formed a team and raided the nearby areas through dog squads.
The local residents of Lauria were confident that the deaths were caused due to spurious liquor.
After recent reports of several deaths due to consumption of illicit liquor, Uttar Pradesh Police has raided a spurious liquor factory in neighbouring Haryana which was in league with a liquor mafia in Aligarh district. Senior Superintendent of Police Kalanidhi Naithani told mediapersons that questioning of one of the arrested liquor mafia members, Madangopal alias Kalia who hails from Faridabad, led the police to the Gurugram factory.
The key accused in the last month's Aligarh hooch incident, which has claimed at least 35 lives so far, was nabbed in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Accused Rishi Sharma, who carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his arrest, was held near Bulandshahr border in western Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kalanidhi Naithani said.
Nearly 50 people have died in Aligarh since consuming spurious liquor on two different occasions recently, according to police, while officials estimated that the death toll could go up to 100 as autopsy reports of another 50 hooch consumers were awaited.
Three more people who had consumed spurious liquor found dumped in a canal near Rohera village in Jawan area here have died.
Aligarh SP said two liquor shops of the same licensee in village Kursua and Andla have been sealed as those who have died purchased alcohol from them. “A case is being registered against licensee and others involved.” Six police teams are combing villages to trace victims and help people get medical assistance.
22 people died and several others were hospitalized in Aligarh district on Friday after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor sold by a licensed vendor, a senior official said. Many of those seriously ill in the hospital have reported going blind.
So far, five villagers have died while two others are in a serious condition and undergoing treatment at a hospital in Allahabad, Inspector General of Police, Chitrakoot Dham (Range), K Satya Narayan said on Monday.
Four people died while three more took ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in a village in Chitrakoot, police said on Sunday.
The Muzaffarpur district administration issued a statement saying that the five were not suffering from any illness and the reason behind their death would be known only after the postmortem examination.
Around 150 people had a party on February 9 at the place of one Shital Ahirwar (60) in Paretha village, about 55 km from the district headquarters. They bought liquor, named 'Dilse', from a shop located about 500 m away in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and consumed it
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