Police have arrested 20 people and seized huge quantities of spurious liquor from different villages in Bihar바카라s Motihari, even as the death toll in a suspected hooch tragedy climbed to 14, officials said Sunday. The death count may increase further as the condition of five persons is reportedly to be critical, a senior police officer said. A statement issued by the East Champaran district administration said 20 people, 바카라involved in illegal trade of liquor바카라, have been arrested following searches in different localities of Motihari.
Around 85.5 litres of country-made liquor and a huge quantity of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) were recovered from their possession, it said. 바카라Police were informed that some villagers died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Turkauliya, Harsiddhi, Sugauli and Paharpur areas of the district on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. Police teams were immediately sent to different hospitals in the city,바카라 the statement said. Excise department officials are also probing the incident.
Reacting to the suspected hooch tragedy, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had on Saturday said: 바카라I have been maintaining that liquor is bad and shouldn't be consumed. I have asked officials to take strict action against those who violate prohibition laws바카라. The state government imposed a total ban on sale and consumption of alcohol on April 5, 2016. Scores of people had died in the last major hooch tragedy at Saran district in December 2022.
