Hooch Tragedy

Amid allegations of "ineffective implementation" of the prohibition law and recent hooch tragedies in Bihar, the state government is planning to amend the legislation to make it less stringent, a senior official said on Wednesday.

A hooch tragedy accused allegedly died at a jail in Aligarh, prompting authorities to order a judicial probe after her family members protested over the incident.

Amid repeated hooch tragedies in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday chaired a high-level review meeting on the liquor prohibition in the state.

Two persons have died in yet another suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar, a dry state where consumption of spurious liquor has claimed more than 40 lives in less than a fortnight.

Following the death of 21 people due to consumption of spurious liquor in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday held a review meeting regarding the prohibition of liquor in the state.

The death count in the latest hooch tragedy in Bihar climbed to 33 today, while arrests were made and errant officials punished in connection with sale of illicit liquor.

Raids are being conducted in 60 locations in Bihar's Gopalganj district and 19 people have been arrested so far in connection with the hooch tragedy in the district.

Expressing his anguish over a recent hooch tragedy that claimed eight lives in the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the ban on alcohol is in the interest of society.

A bill proposing stricter punishment up to life imprisonment and death penalty to perpetrators of hooch tragedies was cleared by the Madhya Pradesh cabinet today.

At least 16 people have died at a village in Bihar over the last few days, in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning in a state that had passed the prohibition law six years ago.

The Uttar Pradesh BJP unit on Monday expelled Rishi Sharma, the alleged kingpin in the hooch tragedy case, from the party and said he was not an active member.

In a major shake-up in the district police after the recent liquor tragedies, the police have transferred over 500 officials, an official said on Friday as the death count in the second case rose to nine.

Three more people who had consumed spurious liquor found dumped in a canal near Rohera village in Jawan area in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh have died, taking the count in the second hooch tragedy in the district to nine, officials said on Friday.

Thirteen more people, including the owner of a chemical factory, were arrested in Aligarh for their alleged involvement in illicit liquor trade as police continued raids in connection with a hooch tragedy, officials said on Tuesday.

The toll in the Aligarh hooch tragedy climbed to 36 on Monday with 11 more deaths being confirmed by the district authorities amid apprehension that it may rise further.

Amid allegations of "ineffective implementation" of the prohibition law and recent hooch tragedies in Bihar, the state government is planning to amend the legislation to make it less stringent, a senior official said on Wednesday.

A hooch tragedy accused allegedly died at a jail in Aligarh, prompting authorities to order a judicial probe after her family members protested over the incident.

Amid repeated hooch tragedies in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday chaired a high-level review meeting on the liquor prohibition in the state.

Two persons have died in yet another suspected hooch tragedy in Bihar, a dry state where consumption of spurious liquor has claimed more than 40 lives in less than a fortnight.

Following the death of 21 people due to consumption of spurious liquor in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday held a review meeting regarding the prohibition of liquor in the state.

The death count in the latest hooch tragedy in Bihar climbed to 33 today, while arrests were made and errant officials punished in connection with sale of illicit liquor.

Raids are being conducted in 60 locations in Bihar's Gopalganj district and 19 people have been arrested so far in connection with the hooch tragedy in the district.

Expressing his anguish over a recent hooch tragedy that claimed eight lives in the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the ban on alcohol is in the interest of society.

A bill proposing stricter punishment up to life imprisonment and death penalty to perpetrators of hooch tragedies was cleared by the Madhya Pradesh cabinet today.

At least 16 people have died at a village in Bihar over the last few days, in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning in a state that had passed the prohibition law six years ago.

The Uttar Pradesh BJP unit on Monday expelled Rishi Sharma, the alleged kingpin in the hooch tragedy case, from the party and said he was not an active member.

In a major shake-up in the district police after the recent liquor tragedies, the police have transferred over 500 officials, an official said on Friday as the death count in the second case rose to nine.

Three more people who had consumed spurious liquor found dumped in a canal near Rohera village in Jawan area in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh have died, taking the count in the second hooch tragedy in the district to nine, officials said on Friday.

Thirteen more people, including the owner of a chemical factory, were arrested in Aligarh for their alleged involvement in illicit liquor trade as police continued raids in connection with a hooch tragedy, officials said on Tuesday.

The toll in the Aligarh hooch tragedy climbed to 36 on Monday with 11 more deaths being confirmed by the district authorities amid apprehension that it may rise further.