UP Police acts tough on its males, over 500 cops transferred after liquor tragedies
In a serious shake-up within the district police after the latest hooch tragedies, police have transferred over 500 of their males, an official mentioned Friday because the dying toll within the second case rose to 9.
Three extra individuals who had consumed spurious liquor discovered dumped in a canal close to Rohera village in Jawan space right here have died, officers mentioned.
Another man died Friday within the district’s Kodiyagunj village and officers are linking it with the identical inventory of liquor discovered within the canal close to Rohera village on June 2 by some brick kiln employees.
These deaths are aside from individuals killed within the first case, through which 35 individuals are confirmed to have died of liquor poisoning.
The quantity might be increased as experiences of viscera examination on 52 extra suspected victims are nonetheless awaited.
All the victims, together with ladies, within the June 2 hooch tragedy belonged to a bunch of round 120 migrant employees from Bihar.
They have been dwelling in momentary shanties on the native brick kiln the place they labored.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kalanidhi Naithani mentioned greater than 540 police personnel who have been posted on the similar police station for over two years have been transferred.
He mentioned 148 of them have been shunted out of the district.
Five police inspectors, together with two station home officers, and a circle officer have been suspended for suspected hyperlinks with the liquor mafia, the SSP mentioned.
Chief Medical Officer, Aligarh, Bhanu Pratap Kalyani confirmed that “nine post-mortems have been conducted since Thursday on victims of the Rohera village hooch tragedy”.
The victims are being primarily handled on the Jawahar Lal Nehru (JLN) Medical College, in addition to some at personal hospitals, officers mentioned.
Police mentioned a labourer working at one other brick kiln in Kodiyagunj village beneath the Akraabaad police station space died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor.
They mentioned the liquor consumed by the labourer was floating down in a crate downstream the identical canal close to Rohera village.
Chief Superintendent, JLN Medical College, Harris Manzur informed PTI that 32 individuals have to date been admitted within the hospital from Wednesday night time until Thursday night.
“Of these, seven individuals died (of the overall 9 deaths) until this morning and 25 are being handled. Some of them are nonetheless in severe situation.
They had reportedly consumed the liquor found on Wednesday night by one of many labourers who had been fishing within the canal (close to Rohera village), he mentioned on Friday.
Talking to reporters, Kalyani famous, “Post-mortems of 98 people have been conducted till this morning after the first hooch tragedy broke out on May 28.”
He mentioned the district authorities are awaiting the viscera experiences earlier than confirming the reason for deaths of all these 98 victims.
The administration has to date confirmed 35 deaths within the May 28 hooch tragedy.
SSP Naithani mentioned police have intensified the manhunt to trace down Rishi Sharma, the kingpin of the liquor mafia, who’s the one main offender nonetheless eluding them in reference to the May 28 incident.
The reward for Sharma’s arrest has been raised from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000, he mentioned.
The SSP mentioned 5 of Sharma’s shut relations, together with his spouse and his son, have already been arrested. Thirty-eight individuals have been arrested in reference to 16 circumstances in separate police stations of the district to date.
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