Bihar Hooch Tragedy Kills 4, Several Hospitalized After Consuming Spurious Liquor

Patna: At least four people died, and several others developed health complications including blurred vision after allegedly consuming spurious liquor under Turkauliya and Raghunathpur areas in East Champaran district.

Police said that at least six people were undergoing treatment while seven others were discharged after preliminary treatment. The incident of hooch tragedy took place last Thursday.

East Champaran`s superintendent of police (SP) Swarn Prabhat suspended the station house officer of Turkaulia police station with immediate effect. Special police teams are conducting intensive raids across the entire region. The administration has appealed to local residents to come forward for treatment if they are feeling unwell without any fear. The deceased have been identified as Parikshan Manjhi, Hiralal Bhagat, Pramod Yadav, and Chandu Kumar.

Sadar DSP Dilip Kumar stated prima facie it appeared to be a case of people losing their lives after consuming spurious liquor.

Acting swiftly, police arrested the prime accused, Naga Rai, involved in the sale of the spurious liquor. So far, a total of 12 individuals including a village chowkidar have been arrested. A murder case has been registered based on a complaint filed by family members of the deceased.

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Slamming the government over the incident, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav claimed, “More than 1300 people have died in Bihar after consuming spurious liquor since the enforcement of prohibition. This is just the official figure; in reality, the number is far higher. Not only that, dozens of people have also lost their eyesight. The original purpose of the liquor prohibition law has now completely gone haywire."

“This law has become a profitable venture for some leaders of the ruling BJP-JD(U), corrupt officials, and the liquor mafias thriving under their protection, along with the corrupt system. In Bihar, poisonous liquor is being openly manufactured, sold rampantly with the connivance of the police, and delivered home-to-home. All this is happening right under the government's nose, and the poor and common people of Bihar are paying the price with their lives," he alleged.