At least 15 people lost their lives, and many others were hospitalised after they consumed spurious liquor in Amritsar. According to police, the majority of the victims were from villages such as Bhangali Kalan, Thariewal, Sangha, and Marari Kalan under Majitha block in Amritsar district of Punjab.
Led by party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), the hunger strike was aimed at pressurising Chief Minister Stalin to resign owning moral responsibility for the deaths due to the killer brew.
BJP national president J P Nadda wrote to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge expressing shock over the "stoic silence" of the grand old party over the recent hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi region which resulted in the death of more than 56 people.
A political slugfest has erupted between the opposition parties and the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) over the horrendous hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi town, 244 km south of the capital Chennai, which has claimed 58 lives so far.
Bihar excise Minister Sunil Kumar on Wednesday "confirmed" six people have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor.
Expressing concern over the deaths, the chief minister directed Upper Assam Divisional Commissioner Julie Sonowal to inquire into it and submit a report to the government within a month.
A senior government official, according to reports has claimed that around 100 people had consumed the liquor in Salmira tea estate.
The women said that the liquor mafia has devastated the lives of the villagers as most of the victims were the only earning members of their families.
A Special Investigation Team led by Additional Director General (Railways) Sanjay Singhal visited the villages affected by the recent hooch…
On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the state police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under an Inspector General rank officer.
