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Hooch tragedy: Toll rises to 21, EC seeks detailed report from Punjab govt
The Morning Standard
|March 24, 2024
WITH six more people succumbing on Saturday, the death toll due to suspected consumption hooch in Punjab's Sangrur district rose to 21.
A four-member special investigation team (SIT), led by an additional director general of police (law and order) Gurinder Singh Dhillon will supervise the probes. So far, six arrests have been made in the case.
The Election Commission (EC) has sent notice to the state government seeking an immediate report from the chief secretary and the Director General of Police on the tragedy.
Sangrur, where the tragedy took place, is the home district of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
According to reports, the civil surgeon in Sangrur has confirmed that while seven patients were still admitted in the district and five in Government Medical College, Patiala, two opted for private hospitals against medical advice.
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