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Prohibition not enough, prevention, detection and rehabilitation plan also
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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206 police officials dismissed in 2022: Bihar DGP on prohibition
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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Chhapra locals told me nearly 200 have died due to spurious liquor: Union
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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BJP doing politics on spurious liquor deaths in Saran: JDU president Lalan
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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
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Hooch tragedy: Raids being conducted to arrest all accused, says Bihar Exc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"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.
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"Khajurbani victims got Rs 4L, why not Saran's...?": Sushil Modi clams Nit
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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?"<
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NHRC "independently" decided to probe Chhapra hooch tragedy: Nityanand Rai
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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Bihar: 5 officials suspended in Chapra hooch tragedy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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.
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Bihar hooch tragedy toll crossed 100, people performing last rites without
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sushil Modi on Sunday claimed that the family members of the victims in the Chapra hooch tragedy are performing their last rites without post-mortem due to "fear of the police".
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Nitish Kumar should take week's vacation and meditate, says Union Minister
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nitish Kumar should take a week's vacation and meditate, said Union Minister Giriraj Singh on the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's remark that those who drink alcohol will die.
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NHRC to depute team for on-the-spot enquiry into Bihar hooch tragedy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday said that it will depute its own team headed by one of its Members for an on-the-spot enquiry in the wake of more deaths reported in other districts of Bihar in hooch tragedy.
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Bihar hooch tragedy: Liquor mafia, police are hand in glove in name of man
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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
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