NEW DELHI, Aug 2 — More than 80 people have died in recent days after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in the Indian state of Punjab, officials and reports said yesterday. The people died in three districts of the northern state and police have arrested 25 people, according to the Press Trust of...
Veer Kaur, mother of a victim of toxic bootleg alcohol, stands next to her son’s burning pyre in the village of Muchhal some 30 kilometres from Amritsar, August 1, 2020. — AFP pic
The people died in three districts of the northern state and police have arrested 25 people, according to the Press Trust of India news agency. An official told AFP that 11 people had died in Gurdaspur district. Press Trust said yesterday the illicit booze had claimed 12 lives in the neighbouring district of Amritsar and 63 lives in Tarn Taran.
Punjab state chief minister Amarinder Singh said Friday he had ordered a special inquiry into the deaths and “anyone found guilty will not be spared”.newspaper said one of the suspects had died in Amritsar district after consuming the illegal liquor and that his wife had been arrested for selling the alcohol.
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