Bihar: 5 die after consuming spurious liquor in Muzaffarpur

Image Source : PTI Bihar: 5 die after consuming spurious liquor in Muzaffarpur 
Five individuals have died allegedly after consuming suspected spurious liquor prior to now three days in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar the place sale and consumption of alcohol are banned. They died after consuming spurious liquor in Dargah village below Katra police station space, a relative of certainly one of
the victims, Khelawan Manjhi, stated on Saturday. Several political leaders together with a BJP MLA additionally backed Manjhi’s assertation. The saffron celebration is a part of the ruling alliance within the state.
Senior Superintendent of Police Jayant Kant confirmed that 5 individuals have died within the village however denied that the rationale was consumption of spurious liquor.
However, the SSP has suspended Station House Officer of Katra police station, Sikandar Kumar, following the incident.
An FIR has been registered in opposition to unknown individuals, Kant stated.
District Magistrate Pranav Kumar, the SSP and different senior officers visited the village and met relations of the deceased individuals on Saturday.

The Muzaffarpur district administration issued an announcement saying that the 5 weren’t affected by any sickness and the rationale behind their loss of life can be identified solely after the postmortem examination.
The assertion stated that it was revealed throughout preliminary investigations that they may have taken some beverage and the opportunity of nation liquor being manufactured on the village degree can’t be denied.
Revenue and Land Reforms Minister and native BJP MLA Ram Surat Kumar visited the village and that stern motion will likely be taken in opposition to these concerned within the manufacture of liquor.
RJD chief and MLA Niranjan Rai, who additionally went to the village to inquire in regards to the incident alleged that the district administration is attempting to suppress the incident.
Rai stated that he would apprise chief of the opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of the incident and lift the problem within the ongoing finances session of the meeting.
District Congress Committee spokesman Ved Prakash has demanded a excessive degree probe into the matter.
The Nitish Kumar authorities had on April 5, 2016 banned the manufacture, commerce, storage, transportation, sale and consumption of liquor together with IMFL within the state. 
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