On Wednesday, in Chhapra area of Bihar’s Saran district at least twenty people have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor amid reports that the toll is expected to climb, said police.
Although the Ishauvpur police have not yet discovered what caused the suspicious deaths.
The Madhepur DSP arrived and got to work on the investigation. As the sale and consumption of alcohol have been totally outlawed in Bihar since April 2016, the authorities are looking for additional sick persons who may be hiding to avoid questioning. Amit Ranjan, who passed away while receiving care at Chhapra Sadar Hospital, was one of those who perished.
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.
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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.
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