[Haridwar/Saharanpur,Meerut] UP Hooch Tragedy Swallows Seventy Drinkers
Death toll in the hooch tragedy that hit two adjoining districts in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh has risen to 70 with more people dying of the spurious liquor they drank at a Haridwar village
The viscera examination on 11 more bodies is yet to be conducted to find out if these too were alcohol-related deaths.
As per Police Reoports Twenty-four of the victims died in Balupur and its neighbouring villages in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar district
At least 46 others, who had come home to the adjoining Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh after drinking the spurious liquor in Balupur on Thursday night, are also dead.
Uttar Pradesh officials said 35 of the Saharanpur deaths took place in the district itself. Eleven other victims, who were referred from Saharanpur for medical treatment in Meerut, died at a hospital there.
In Uttarakhand, about 20 more people are still under treatment.
Most of the victims had consumed the liquor Thursday evening after the `tehravin’, the 13th day of mourning ritual, following a relative’s death in Balupur, officials said.
Tag: Illicit Liquor
UP Hooch Tragedy Swallows Seventy Alcoholics
सीएम ने जहरीली शराब से मरने वालों के परिजनों को दो -दो लाख रुपयों की आर्थिक सहायता दी
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Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshtriya.To Probe into Unfortunate Hooch Tragedy
[Mumbai]Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshtriya.To Probe into Unfortunate Illicit Liquor [Hooch] Tragedy
The Maharashtra government today ordered a probe into the hooch tragedy deaths after 102 people succumbed to the killer brew in suburban Malwani here.
Excise Minister Eknath Khadse told media after the weekly cabinet meeting that the probe would be conducted by Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshtriya.
Khadse said.”The government has ordered a probe under the Chief Secretary to enquire into the deaths caused in the unfortunate Malwani hooch tragedy,”
The Minister also informed that the Chief Secretary has been asked to submit the report in three months.
Khadse also said that the cabinet has approved a proposal to invoke provisions of Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous activities of slum lords, bootleggers, drug offenders and Dangerous persons Act (MPDA) against those involved in black marketing of essential commodities.
Rattled by the tragedy, which took place at the Laxmi Nagar slum in Malwani on Wednesday night, Khadse had earlier said the government would bring in a harsher law to deal with the menace with provisions to ensure that those arrested for distilling and selling illicit liquor would not get bail for at least for one year after their arrest.
So far, seven persons have been arrested in the case and eight police and four excise officials suspended. All of those arrested are in police custody
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