Over 500 Uttar Pradesh Cops Transferred After Toxic Liquor Tragedy

Three people who had consumed spurious liquor were found dead in a canal in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh, taking the count in the second hooch tragedy in the district to nine.

In a major shake-up in the district police after the recent liquor tragedies, the police have transferred over 500 officials, an official said on Friday as the death count in the second case rose to nine. Three more people who had consumed spurious liquor found dumped in a canal near Rohera village in Jawan area in Aligarh have died, officials said. Another man died on Friday in the district's Kodiyagunj village and officials are linking it with the same stock of liquor found in the canal near Rohera village on June 2 by some brick kiln workers. These deaths are apart from people killed in the first case, in which 35 people are confirmed to have died of liquor poisoning. The number could be higher as reports of viscera examination on 52 more suspected victims are still awaited.