Aligarh hooch tragedy: Congress demands high-level judicial inquiry

Death toll in the Aligarh hooch tragedy rose to 36 on June 1 with authorities saying it may rise further

After at least 36 people died due to , the Congress on June 1 demanded a high-level probe by a sitting high court judge. Demanding a high-level judicial inquiry, Congress leader Vivek Bansal said it was necessary to bring the names involved in the entire racket to the fore. “By accepting that 71 post-mortem were conducted till Monday afternoon, the authorities were resorting to technicalities to scale down the actual death toll,” he said in Aligarh.