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Death Toll in Pb Spurious Liquor Tragedy Rises to 98

(Chd,Pb)Death Toll in Pb Spurious Liquor Tragedy Rises to 98
12 more people reported dead in Tarn Taran district after drinking spurious liquor
In Tarn Taran, the death toll is now 75
Apart from Tarn Taran, 12 deaths have been reported from Amritsar and 11 from Gurdaspur’s Batala, in a tragedy unfolding since Wednesday evening.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann went to Tarn Taran and met families of the deceased.
Mann sought a probe by a sitting judge into the matter.
The Punjab government has ordered a magisterial probe into the case.
The state government has announced Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for each of the families of the deceased.