4 More Dead In Bihar After Consuming Suspected Poisonous Liquor

Bihar News: Over 40 people have died in Muzzafarpur, Gopalganj and Bettiah since Thursday.

At least four people have died and several others fell ill after consuming suspected poisonous liquor in Bihar's Samastipur, officials said today. This is the third straight day that deaths due to illegal liquor have been reported in Bihar.

Over 40 people have died in Muzzafarpur, Gopalganj and Bettiah since Thursday.

The state has total alcohol prohibition in place since 2016.

The death count in the hooch tragedy at Rupauli village in Muzaffarpur district where residents consumed liquor on the night before Diwali, reached 33 today while arrests were made and officials were punished over the sale of the illicit liquor.