In another case of hooch liquor, at least 5 people have taken down their lives after consuming illicitly made liquor in Motihari District, Bihar, while twelve others were rushed to a local hospital, now in a critical condition.

The incident is reported from Laxmipur Village of Motihari district in Bihar.

The cases of spurious liquor creating hazardous health problems and death of people in Bihar have been in focus since quite some months now. Earlier in January this year it was reported from Siwan that four people died post consuming the spurious liquor after which the Police arrested 16 people who were involved in the storage and trading of alcohol in the state.

Purchase, sale and trade of liquor stands banned in Bihar since April 2016 after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took this move to impose a complete prohibition on the sale and consumption of alcohol in the state. This decision was welcomed with open hands by a large number of women vote bank who were often victim of domestic violence by their drunkard husband.

The ban could not stop the liquor sale, some reports claim it gave a boost to the sales of alcohol in the state with the entry of black market and illicitly made country liquor.

In February also the around 15 people were arrested involved in the black market trading of illegal alcohol in the state.

In December last year eight people allegedly died in Bihar’s Chhapra for allegedly consuming spurious liquor, a case that created havoc among the villagers, victim family members also registered police complaint, the matter even shook up the Bihar Assembly for days with opposition targeting Nitish Kumar government for failing to curb the sale and consumption of alcohol in the state.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) dispensation has called for a special session of the Delhi Assembly on Monday after Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was summoned by the CBI in connection with the purported liquor policy scam case.

Talking to reporters, Delhi Health Minister and AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj said Delhi government will talk about and discuss the ongoing situation including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summons to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Arvind Kejriwal has been summoned by the CBI for questioning at the agency’s headquarters at 11 am on Sunday as a witness in the Delhi excise policy scam case.

Kejriwal’s former deputy and senior AAP leader, Manish Sisodia was arrested by the central probe agency in February in connection with the case and continues to be behind bars with separate cases of alleged money laundering being brought against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

“CBI, ED framed Sisodia”

Responding to the CBI summons, Arvind Kejriwal today alleged that the CBI and the ED “framed” his former deputy Manish Sisodia in the purported liquor policy scam case by forging evidence and said that he will file appropriate cases against the central agencies for perjury.

The AAP supremo accused the two probe agencies of lying under oath and misleading the court to frame Sisodia, who was arrested by the CBI in February in connection with the alleged excise policy scam.

Kejriwal said that appropriate cases will be filed against the ED and the CBI for “perjury and producing false evidence” while also claiming that the two federal agencies are catching someone every day and torturing them—mentally and physically—to force them to name Delhi ministers in the excise policy case.

He alleged that Arun Pillai and Sameer Mahendu were tortured by the ED and forced to take names.

The Delhi CM also questioned ED’s claim about the Rs 100 crore kickbacks, asking why they haven’t found any of it yet even after so many raids…” Manish Sisodia’s bed was torn apart, yet, not even a single piece of jewellery has been recovered.”

He also refuted the ED’s charge that the money received from the alleged kickbacks in the now-scrapped liquor policy was used by the AAP for poll campaign in Goa.

Arvind Kejriwal also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the presser. Citing former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik, who had alleged that some chief ministers under PM Modi are corrupt, he said that chief minister don’t keep the money to themselves…” They send it to the higher authorities. From there, the money gets invested into the companies of their friends.”

The Delhi CM said that no party has been “targeted” like the AAP in 75 years of independent India, adding that they have arrested his number 2 and number 3 (Sisodia and Satyender Jain) and now are coming for him.

Jammu and Kashmir is all geared to up to welcome the delegates of the G2O that is scheduled for the next month. The administration has already given a deadline to complete all the projects that remains pending under the smart city mission.

The special status of the hill valley Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated in August 2019 and it is going to be the first high profile meeting in the region since then.

Beautification of the Valley

The entire region including Srinagar, Gulmarag, Dal lake is getting face-lifted and revamped with the historic Clock Tower at Lal Chowk in Sringar is being taken down to build a new one.

There are in total 80 projects which are underway based on 8 different themes. Jhelum river project which will be in the route plan decided for the delegations while arriving in the valley is one of the 80 projects being taken up. All the poles which lie on the route is being decorated with tri-color lights.

Itinerary plan for delegates

The central government is planning to make the international members from across the world experience beauty that Kashmir holds. The venue for the delegation talks will be Kashmir International Conference Complex (KICC).

The itinerary for the G20 members visit includes a visit to Gulmarg, Kashmir and will be taken for the famous Shikara ride on Dal Lake along a visit to the Dachigam National Park.

Security Arrangements

Bordering to Pakistan, the security situation in the region remains all time critical with threats of militant and terrorist attacks.

Two days ago Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high profile meeting with an agenda to discuss J&K security situation at North Block, Delhi. The meeting was attended by LG J&K Manoj Sinha, NSA Ajit Doval and other senior officials of the home ministry.

Ensuring the safety and normalcy in the security situation during the meeting, the administration is lining up tight security arrangements and planning for structures from each angle to avoid any kind of lapse during last minute.

The old bunkers on the roads have been removed and smart bunkers are going to get installed, multi-tier security arrangements has been decided along with marine forces that will be deployed at Dal Lake.

When India decided to host a meeting of G20 in Kashmir Valley, Pakistan opposed, as it considers the region to be disputed, a claim refuted by India on global stage.