Calling Bihar hooch tragedy "sad," Jan Suraj Party chief Prashant Kishor on Thursday claimed that the liquor ban is not implemented anywhere in Bihar as the ban is only implemented in government files and in the speeches of leaders.
The CM after the review directed the Secretary of the Prohibition, Excise and Registration department to go to the spot and gather information about the entire situation and conduct a thorough investigation on all points, the release said.
Chapra Superintendent Kumar Ashish said that a Special Investigation Team has been formed. Three people have been arrested and an FIR has been filed against eight people.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Saturday that the state has become the first in the country to legalise seizing of properties in cases of illegal and spurious liquor.
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.
Accusing the state government of protecting the perpetrators in the spurious liquor case, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anil Antony claimed on Friday that there is an unholy nexus between the Tamil Nadu government and the liquor mafias.
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
Vignesh, son of deceased Jaya Murugan who died after consuming illicit liquor in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi, said on Sunday that if he had known earlier that the liquor was spurious, he could have saved multiple lives in his village Madavancheri.
As per the Kallakurichi district administration's report, a total of 220 people were admitted at hospitals in Tamil Nadu with new admissions being four, after the consumption of spurious liquor.