Dindoshi police on Tuesday said that they have arrested a man from Bihar's Madhubani district for molesting a 13-year-old girl in the Goregaon area of Mumbai.
While referring to the recent Bihar Hooch tragedy in Saran where the death toll rose to 72 (as on December 18), Jha said that the deaths due to the consumption of illicit liquor disturbed everyone and alleged that NHRC has not made any visits to the place where these hooch tragedies occurred
Amid the hooch deaths in Bihar's Chhapra, with the toll currently at 72, the Saran Police on Monday launched Operation 'Clean Drive' against the sale and consumption of alcohol in the state.
"More than 100 people have died, the government is hiding the figures, and the police are threatening the people saying that they would be sent to jail if they get the post-mortem done. Due to fear, people are going to other ghats and burning dead bodies. An atmosphere of fear has been creat
The disfigured body of a 10-year-old girl, who was missing since last week, was found dumped in a pit in Pokharbhinda village, Bagaha, Bihar on Sunday.
As the winter session of the Bihar Assembly concluded on Monday with outrage and uproar over the Chhapra hooch tragedy, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said that if the BJP wants to end the liquor ban in the state, the party should say it clearly.
As Bihar hooch controversy rages on with over 72 deaths and the state government facing criticism for its liquor prohibition policy, former IPS officer Kiran Bedi on Monday said that only prohibition is not enough and "prevention, detection and rehabilitation plan" are also needed.
As the Chhapra hooch tragedy sparked a row, Bihar Police on Monday said 206 police officials allegedly involved in illegal activities related to prohibition were dismissed in 2022.
Union Minister RK Singh on Monday accused the Bihar government of hiding the death toll in the Saran hooch tragedy and said that the locals have informed him that nearly 200 people died in the district.