Aligarh: Police officers examine after 11 individuals died due to allegedly consuming spurious liquor offered by a licensed vendor
The demise toll within the Aligarh hooch tragedy went up to 22 on Saturday, whereas 28 more persons are still in critical situation, an official stated right here.
Seven individuals have died since Friday evening, he stated and added that the situation of 28 individuals present process remedy on the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital, AMU, and the Malkhan Singh District Hospital is critical.
Locals worry the demise toll can rise additional as reviews from a number of villages are still trickling in.
On Friday, Additional District Magistrate (Finance) Vidhan Jaiswal stated 15 individuals had died in villages falling underneath three separate police stations — Lodha, Khair, and Jawan.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kalanidhi Naithani instructed newspersons on Saturday that 5 individuals have been arrested to this point, together with Anil Chaudhary, the alleged kingpin of the spurious liquor racket.
The police have booked 12 individuals in three totally different instances until now. Several raids had been carried out in varied elements of the district all through the evening and are still persevering with.
A reward of Rs 50,000 every has been introduced on the arrest of Rishi Sharma and Vipin Yadav, associates of Anil Chaudhary, the SSP stated.
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