New Delhi: At least 11 people have died and eight others have fallen seriously ill after consuming suspected spurious liquor in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district on Tuesday. Reports stated that the incident took place in two separate villages of Morena. While four people lost their lives in Pahawali village, seven were killed in Manpur.
Speaking to a news agency, Morena Superintendent of Police Anurag Sujania said that the villagers consumed a white coloured liquor. “On Monday night, eleven people from Manpur and Pahawali villages died after consuming suspected spurious liquor. eight others fell seriously ill and they were referred to Gwalior for treatment”, news agency PTI quoted Sujania as saying.
“The postmortem is underway and whether the liquor was poisonous or not will be ascertained after the autopsy reports come”, the official said.
Earlier on January 8, a similar incident was reported from Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district. A total of five people were killed and 16 had fallen sick after consuming spurious liquor.
Following the incident, the authorities had suspended four policemen and removed three senior Meerut zone excise officials from their post for laxity. An excise inspector and three other members of the department had also be suspended.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath had directed officials to initiate stern action under the National Security Act and the Gangsters Act in the case.