The monitoring operation through an aerial view was launched in the jungle area under the Bhopa Police Station limits, along the Uttarakhand-Uttar Pradesh border.
"A total of three people have died after allegedly drinking spurious liquor in Siwan's Lakari Nabiganj. Seven people are undergoing treatment. Ten people have also been arrested in this connection," district magistrate Pandey said on Sunday.
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.
New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI): The Delhi government on Monday opposed the pleas challenging its decision prohibiting any discount or rebate on the MRP of liquor in the national capital and told the Delhi High Court that this was giving rise to bootlegging activity.
Chandigarh [India], May 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has asked the police to crack down on all kinds of liquor smuggling, bootlegging and illicit distillation of liquor in the state.
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jun 28 (ANI): Two people were arrested in connection with running bootlegging operations in the state after a joint raid by the Excise Department and Uttar Pradesh police, which busted an illegal liquor racket here on Friday.