Rising hooch deaths in Bihar a result of chinks in dry laws
PATNA: In a state where liquor trade in any form is completely banned, two youths from Bihars Patna city died due to consumption of illicit liquor on July 21.
The youths were identified as Akhilesh Kumar (28) and Vivek Kumar (26) while their friend Abhishek Kumar lost his eyesight. They were residents of Biscoman colony in the Alamganj police station area and had purchased the liquor from Vishal Kumar and Shashi Bhushan Yadav of Kumhrar locality of Patna.
On July 28, an ASI of Ekma police station in Saran district was nabbed in a drunken stage. The ASI was identified as Niranjan Manadal. He was roaming in the police station and adjoining areas allegedly in a drunken state.
Three persons including the husband of a blillicit liquor ,Bihar, Alamganj police stationck pramukh went to Mufassil police station in Gaya district to meet one of their supporters who was in custody for creating a ruckus at a government event on July 28.
The accused, Mohammad Jafar, husband of Manpur block pramukh Khadia Islam, panchayat samiti member Mandal Kumar and his brother Chandan Kumar were allegedly in a drunken state when they reached the police station. The SHO arrested them after conducting the breath analyser test.
On May 24, a hooch tragedy claimed 13 lives in Bihar's Aurangabad district while many others lost their eyesight.
The deceased were identified as Vinod Pal (55) ex sarpanch of Khiriyawa, Sonwa Kunwr (60), Kameshwar Kumar (35), Shiv Saw, Shambhu Thakur, Anil Sharma, Vinay Kumar Gupta, (30), Manoj Yadav (65), Ravindra Singh and 4 others.
The condition of Dhananjay Chaudhary, Mohammad Nezam and Subodh Singh is critical and they are admitted in a hospital in Sherghati in Gaya district.
On May 23, three persons died and eight were hospitalized in Bihar's Gaya after they consumed poisonous liquor during a wedding function. The deceased were identified as Amar Paswan (26), Rahul Kumar (27) and Arjun Paswan (43). The victims went to Pathra village under Aamas police station in the district to attend a wedding where they consumed country made liquor. (IANS)
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