Death toll in Chhapra Hooch tragedy rises to 70
The sale and consumption of alcohol were banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in April 2016.
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Chhapra, Dec 17: The death toll in the Chhapra hooch tragedy, due to the consumption of spurious liquor, in Bihar's Saran district has soared to 70 today (December 17). In the wake of the Hooch tragedy in Chhapra, the Station House Officer (SHO) Ritesh Mishra and Constable Vikesh Tiwari were suspended on Thursday with immediate effect on the recommendation of Marhaura Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Yogendra Kumar.
The sale and consumption of alcohol were banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in April 2016.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sushil Modi on Thursday demanded an apology from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his 'Sharabi' remarks in the Bihar Assembly. Modi said that Kumar's behavior in the assembly lacked grace and he should apologize for his statement. "In the past six years, more than 1,000 people have died in Bihar due to spurious liquor. Is Bihar under police raj? The way Nitish Kumar behaved in the assembly isn't graceful, he should apologize." On Thursday, Bihar leader of the Opposition Vijay Kumar Sinha accused the state government of hiding the number of deaths in the Chhapra hooch tragedy by "burning the bodies" without any post-mortem. "By burning bodies without doing a post-mortem, they wanted to show less number of deaths. We've come here to know the truth," Sinha said.
BJP delegation reached Chhapra to meet affected families of the hooch tragedy that took place in the state. He slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and demanded his resignation. "Bihar CM is fully responsible and he must resign," Sinha further said.
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