Suspected spurious liquor blamed for 7 deaths in dry Bihar, probe ordered

Superintendent of Police Shaurya Suman said each the deaths were reported from the Lauriya constabulary presumption area.

Locals blamed the deaths connected the depletion of spurious liquor, but the SP asserted that the crushed down astatine slightest 2 fatalities was not hooch.

One had been deed by a tractor, portion different had suffered a paralytic attack, helium said.

“The archetypal decease took spot connected January 15 though we came to cognize astir the occurrence lone today. The origin of the remaining 5 deaths was unclear arsenic each 7 bodies were cremated earlier the constabulary were informed. We person acceptable up an probe squad to find retired the origin of the deaths,” Suman told PTI connected Sunday.

West Champaran’s Deputy Development Commissioner (DDC) Sumit Kumar said it is hard to ascertain the origin of the deaths arsenic the bodies were cremated.

“The probe squad was directed to taxable its study wrong 24 hours,” helium told PTI.

The squad volition besides ascertain the individuality of those who died successful the past three-four days successful Lauriya, helium added.

A household subordinate of 1 of the deceased said, “My member Pradeep consumed liquor with his person Manish. Both died.” The merchantability and depletion of intoxicant was banned successful Bihar by the Nitish Kumar authorities successful April 2016.