Aligarh liquor tragedy: Police arrest key accused

Officials estimate that 100 people have died in the district so far in two separate cases related to the consumption of spurious liquor.

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· Jun 06, 2021 · 04:34 pm

Aligarh liquor tragedy: Toll rises to 36, police arrest 17 people

Bhanu Pratap Kalyani, Aligarh’s chief medical officer, said 71 bodies were sent for postmortem analysis from Friday to Monday forenoon.

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· Jun 01, 2021 · 11:44 am

Uttar Pradesh: Four dead, five hospitalised after consuming illicit liquor in Prayagraj

Locals said the shop was running despite its owners facing cases of selling smuggled liquor.

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· Nov 21, 2020 · 01:37 pm

Uttar Pradesh: Three dead, five in hospital after drinking spurious liquor in Sitapur

One person has been arrested.

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· May 30, 2019 · 11:58 am

Uttar Pradesh: Main accused in Barabanki hooch tragedy arrested after police encounter

The toll has gone up to 16, while 38 people are undergoing treatment.

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· May 29, 2019 · 01:33 pm

Uttar Pradesh: Thirteen die after consuming spurious liquor in Barabanki district

Chief Minister Adityanath has ordered the excise department to conduct an inquiry, and directed senior officials to take action against the guilty.

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· May 28, 2019 · 11:44 am

Will Assam government’s ban on using molasses to make liquor put an end to hooch deaths?

The government has acted belatedly to fix a regulatory black hole that may have been the trigger for 155 deaths in February.

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· Mar 05, 2019 · 02:05 pm

Hooch deaths: Assam government orders ban on molasses, which is used to make country liquor

More than 150 people died in February after consuming spurious alcohol in Golaghat and Jorhat districts.

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· Mar 05, 2019 · 01:59 pm

Assam liquor deaths: Toll rises to 155, MLA alleges nexus between excise department, liquor traders

The Opposition disrupted the Assembly session seeking punishment for those responsible for the deaths.

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· Feb 25, 2019 · 09:57 pm

Assam liquor deaths: Trade union of tea workers to shut down alcohol shops from today

Meanwhile, the state government banned laligur, a form of molasses used in making Sulai, a country liquor.

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· Feb 25, 2019 · 11:41 am

Assam: Toll in hooch tragedy rises to 124, over 300 in hospital

Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the toll and the number of people admitted to medical facilities is ‘changing minute to minute’.

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· Feb 24, 2019 · 08:05 pm

Spurious liquor deaths: NHRC issues notice to UP government on report claiming 150 died in 15 years

The news report, if true, indicate failure on part of the concerned authorities for not taking lawful action against the culprits, the human rights panel said.

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· Feb 19, 2019 · 12:41 pm