While addressing media, Sanjay Jaiswal said, " Wherever the police are active, the illicit liquor sale is happening. Especially in the East Champaran, the sale of illicit alcohol could not happen without the collusion of police."
The Union Home Ministry has issued instructions to all Collectors and Superintendents of Police to strictly enforce The Poisons Act, 1919, and the Madhya Pradesh Poisons (Possession and Sale) Rules, 2014.
At least one person has died and two others are undergoing treatment after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor in Bihar's Vaishali district, said a police official on Sunday.
The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district have already arrested the key accused in hooch tragedy. Till now 80 accused have been arrested and 29 FIRs have been registered related to the incident. The lab reports has confirmed the presence of poison in the liquor.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that Rajendra Singh used to make and sell illicit liquor. Even a year ago, 250 boxes of illicit liquor were recovered from his house, after which he was sent to jail.
Seven people have been booked in connection with the raid which took place in Vasant Nagar Tanda, a Renapur police station official said.
A raid was conducted after a tip-off at Shamsabad block of Agra on Thursday night, they said, adding that three of the six accused managed to flee.
A senior police officer said over 1,400 cartons of liquor have gone missing from the Kotwali Dehat police station here and a case has been registered against Station House Officer Indreshpal Singh and clerk Rishal Singh.
Kaushambi SP Abhinandan, in a statement, said following deaths of several people due to alleged consumption of spurious liquor in Allahabad, Fatehpur, Pratapgarh and Chitrakoot, a team of police officials was formed and raids were conducted.
Illicit liquor gang busted in Bihar's Muzaffarpur by police. Four people have been arrested in this connection and police have also seized Rs 50 lakh cash, illicit liquor and weapons. Further investigation is underway.
According to reports, all victims consumed liquor and went to their respective homes. After two to three hours, they started vomiting and their condition worsened.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh met family members of Hooch tragedy victims on August 07.
The police has also arrested three persons in this connection. The estimated value of seized liquor in around 3 crore.
According to the department, a large number of liquor and beer bottles have been seized from the spot in the raid that was conducted on Sunday night.
The liquor, seized from Punjabi Bagh area of west Delhi on Saturday, was being sold to restaurants and bars in the area.
Most of the victims had consumed the liquor on Thursday evening at the `tehravin’, the 13th day of mourning after a relative’s death in Balupur village, near Roorkee.
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