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.
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) national president and Lok Sabha MP Rajeev Ranjan alias Lalan Singh on Monday said that BJP is doing politics on the Hooch tragedy in Bihar's Saran and the death toll due to spurious liquor in Saran given by the administration is genuine and if the BJP says the numbe
"Raids are being conducted at various places so that all accused and non-FIR accused can be nabbed, especially the supplier and manufacturer. As per evidence found so far, we're also awaiting the postmortem report. We'll then take further action," said Sunil Kumar.
Sushil Modi said, "In 2018, as per media reports, CM Nitish Kumar said compensation will be given if liquor proved to be cause of death. He promised Rs 4 Lakhs to the kin of hooch victims. In Khajurbani hooch tragedy, compensation was given to the victims' kin. Why not in Saran tragedy?"<
As the death toll in Bihar's Chhapra due to the consumption of spurious liquor mounted to 72, Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Sunday accused the state government of "hiding" the actual number.
In the wake of the Chapra hooch tragedy, due to the consumption of spurious liquor, in Bihar's Saran district, the Saran Superintendent of Police (SP) has taken significant action in the case.
A truck carrying foreign liquor has been seized by Sadar police station of Muzaffarpur in the early morning of Saturday.
Sadar Police Station President Satyendra Mishra told that the truck has been seized near Narayanpur Anant of Bela Road.
As the death toll is feared to increase in the Chhapra hooch tragedy, evoking an uproar from the opposition in the state and nationwide, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and former Bihar MP Shanawaz Hussain on Saturday slammed the government accusing it of hiding the actual death to
"I am living with my grandmother with two kids for a few days. Mann had come here at around 6-7 pm and started to quarrel with me under the influence of liquor. suddenly, he took my 2-year-old son to the terrace of the first floor and threw him down, he also jumped thereafter," Pooja Wife of
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that action is being taken where incidents of consumption of liquor are being reported in the state.