Bihar: SIT constituted to probe into hooch deaths; whip cracked on errant officers

By PTI

CHHAPRA/PATNA: A particular investigation staff has been set as much as crack the hooch case in Saran district of Bihar, the place 26 individuals have died and at the least 12 others have taken sick since Tuesday night time, officers stated.

During a press convention in Chhapra, the district headquarters, Saran DM Rajesh Meena on Thursday stated that motion has been taken towards officers involved.

“We have also conducted intensive raids across the district in the last 48 hours and nabbed 126 hooch traders. More than 4,000 litres of illicit liquor have also been seized,” he stated.

Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar, who was additionally current on the press convention, declined to reveal whether or not the arrested individuals included these instantly concerned within the newest hooch case, saying that “the matter is still under investigation and disclosing much at this stage could hamper the probe”.

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“Some blame lies on officials concerned too and hence SHO of Mashrak police station and the local chowkidar have been suspended with immediate effect”, he added.

They additionally stated that switch of the Sub Divisional Police Officer of Marhaura has been beneficial to authorities together with a request that departmental proceedings be initiated towards him.

“For speedy investigation, an SIT consisting of 31 police officials, headed by an additional SP and including three deputy SPs, has also been set up”, the district Justice of the Peace stated.

The DM and the SP additionally appealed to the individuals to return ahead “with any relevant information they might have, without any fear of reprisal”.

Meanwhile, CPI(M) MLA Satyendra Yadav, whose occasion helps the “Mahagathbandhan” authorities from exterior termed the stringent prohibition regulation, that has been in place for over six years, as “betuka” (absurd).

Yadav’s Manjhi meeting phase is near the areas of Saran, the place the hooch tragedy occurred.

Talking to PTI exterior the state meeting, he stated, “There may be virtue in abstinence from alcohol but it cannot be enforced by any law. This law is absurd and impractical. It is high time people understood that”.

Sale and consumption of alcohol was fully banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar authorities in April, 2016.

CHHAPRA/PATNA: A particular investigation staff has been set as much as crack the hooch case in Saran district of Bihar, the place 26 individuals have died and at the least 12 others have taken sick since Tuesday night time, officers stated.

During a press convention in Chhapra, the district headquarters, Saran DM Rajesh Meena on Thursday stated that motion has been taken towards officers involved.

“We have also conducted intensive raids across the district in the last 48 hours and nabbed 126 hooch traders. More than 4,000 litres of illicit liquor have also been seized,” he stated.

Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar, who was additionally current on the press convention, declined to reveal whether or not the arrested individuals included these instantly concerned within the newest hooch case, saying that “the matter is still under investigation and disclosing much at this stage could hamper the probe”.

READ HERE | Crores of individuals drink in nation, ought to they die: Sushil Modi asks Nitish Kumar

“Some blame lies on officials concerned too and hence SHO of Mashrak police station and the local chowkidar have been suspended with immediate effect”, he added.

They additionally stated that switch of the Sub Divisional Police Officer of Marhaura has been beneficial to authorities together with a request that departmental proceedings be initiated towards him.

“For speedy investigation, an SIT consisting of 31 police officials, headed by an additional SP and including three deputy SPs, has also been set up”, the district Justice of the Peace stated.

The DM and the SP additionally appealed to the individuals to return ahead “with any relevant information they might have, without any fear of reprisal”.

Meanwhile, CPI(M) MLA Satyendra Yadav, whose occasion helps the “Mahagathbandhan” authorities from exterior termed the stringent prohibition regulation, that has been in place for over six years, as “betuka” (absurd).

Yadav’s Manjhi meeting phase is near the areas of Saran, the place the hooch tragedy occurred.

Talking to PTI exterior the state meeting, he stated, “There may be virtue in abstinence from alcohol but it cannot be enforced by any law. This law is absurd and impractical. It is high time people understood that”.

Sale and consumption of alcohol was fully banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar authorities in April, 2016.