34 die in UP, Uttarakhand after drinking spurious liquor in Haridwar village
PTI | Updated: Feb 8, 2019, 23:09 ISTHighlights
- Sixteen of the victims died in Uttarakhand's Balupur village itself
- Eighteen more deaths took place in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, which adjoins Uttarakhand, as the people who had attended the mourning ritual returned home.
Representative image. SAHARANPUR/HARIDWAR: Thirty-four people died in two adjoining districts allegedly after drinking spurious liquor at a village in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district, officials said on Friday.
The victims had consumed the liquor on Thursday evening at the `tehravin' - the 13th day of mourning – to mark a death, officials said.
Sixteen of the victims died in Uttarakhand's Balupur village itself.
Eighteen more deaths took place in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, which adjoins Uttarakhand, as the people who had attended the mourning ritual returned home.
Some of them had carried the liquor home, an official said.
In an unrelated incident in eastern UP's Kushinagar district, eight other people have died over the last three days, allegedly after drinking spurious liquor.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi expressed condolences over the deaths. In a facebook post he said, "It is very unfortunate. My deepest condolences to the families of the victims who succumbed to it. I pray for (the) speedy recovery of those fighting for life in hospitals."
The victims had consumed the liquor on Thursday evening at the `tehravin' - the 13th day of mourning – to mark a death, officials said.
Sixteen of the victims died in Uttarakhand's Balupur village itself.
Eighteen more deaths took place in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, which adjoins Uttarakhand, as the people who had attended the mourning ritual returned home.
Some of them had carried the liquor home, an official said.
In an unrelated incident in eastern UP's Kushinagar district, eight other people have died over the last three days, allegedly after drinking spurious liquor.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi expressed condolences over the deaths. In a facebook post he said, "It is very unfortunate. My deepest condolences to the families of the victims who succumbed to it. I pray for (the) speedy recovery of those fighting for life in hospitals."
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