Bihar Toxic Liquor Deaths Rise To 26, Another 20 Being Treated: Cops
NDTV
Bihar: The police also arrested 80 people for allegedly being involved in the illegal trade of liquor.
The death count in a suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar's East Champaran district rose to 26 on Monday with four more people losing their lives after consuming the spurious liquor in Motihari, police said.
Twenty more are undergoing treatment at Sadar and different hospitals in the district, said SP Kantesh Kumar Mishra.
The district police suspended SHOs of Turkauliya, Harsiddhi, Sugauli and Paharpur police stations and Raghunathpur outpost on the charge of dereliction of duties, East Champaran SP said.
“With four more deaths in the last ten hours, the toll has now increased to 26. Besides, five station house officers of police stations concerned have been suspended after the incident,” Mr Mishra told PTI.
