"Sanwer police received inputs from the informer that a concrete mixer truck was passing from the area in which there could be liquor. Acting on the info, the police stopped the truck and questioned the driver but he could not speak properly. Following which, the police searched the truck
Earlier, RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav criticized the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government and described the incident as "unfortunate" and lamented the widespread deaths.
The matter has triggered a political blame game with opposition parties questioning the efficacy of the ban on the sale and consumption of liquor, imposed by the Nitish Kumar government.
Taking a jibe at Nitish, the former Deputy Chief Minister said that after opening "thousands of liquor shops" during his first two tenures, the Chief Minister is now "pretending to be a Mahatma."
Following the Bihar hooch tragedy, independent MP from Purnia Pappu Yadav raised concern saying why does the government not make any law regarding illicit liquor.
So far, a total of 79 people have been admitted to the Siwan Sadar Hopsital, Basantpur Primary Health Center. 13 severely sick people have been admitted to PMCH Patna for treatment.
As many as four people have died, and several others were hospitalized after consuming illicit liquor in Bihar's Siwan, said Siwan District Magistrate Mukul Kumar Gupta on Wednesday.
BJD and Congress leaders have criticized the BJP-led government in Odisha after two persons died and several others fell ill after consuming spurious liquor in Ganjam district.
Following the devastating Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, AIADMK General Secretary Edapadi Palanisami on Sunday reiterated the party's demands for CBI investigation and alleged that the state police is involved in the matter.
"Why has Rahul Gandhi not found the empathy to visit the families of innocent people who lost their lives in the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy?... Neither Rahul Gandhi nor MK Stalin have consoled the families of these victims...," Kesavan said in a video statement on Friday.
The NDA delegation comprising BJP leaders Anil Antony, Arvind Menon, and MP GK Vasan today met with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman, Kishore Makwana, to submit a memorandum regarding the Kallakurichi (Tamil Nadu) illicit liquor tragedy. They appealed to the Chairman