Aligarh: Post-mortem Shows 25 died of alcohol poisoning

ALIGARH: Post-mortem accounts of the bodies of 25 people who died after consuming spurious liquor in Aligarh suggest deaths due to alcohol poisoning, Aligarh district chief medical officer said Sunday.
“We’ve conducted postmortem of all 51 bodies.
The findings from 25 of these are more indicative of alcohol poisoning.
Viscera of 26 are retained and samples are delivered to Agra for analyzing.
The accounts are expected,” Aligarh district CMO, Dr BPS Kalayani informed ANI.
On Saturday afternoon, district magistrate Chandra Bhushan Singh stated a research into the issue has been initiated and will probably encircle the National Security Act (NSA) against those found guilty in the question.
Three officers of the excise division, such as district excise officer Dhiraj Sharma, have now been suspended in relation to the deaths of individuals after allegedly consuming spirits offered by licensed sellers in Aligarh.
On May 28, Rajeev Krishna, ADG, Aligarh stated one chief detained Anil Chaudhary, the alleged kingpin of this ancestral spirits racket was detained and a further probe in the thing has been underway.
Dozens of people died and several had been hospitalised after allegedly consuming spurious liquor purchased in a government-run liquor store on Friday (May 28) from the Karsua region of Aligarh.
Meanwhile, addressing colleagues in Mainpuri, excise minister Ram Naresh Agnihotri stated,”The offenders in the Aligarh liquor tragedy would be penalized surely.
A reward continues to be declared on the offender.
Chief Minister has provided directions to manage the spirits mafias in most of the districts” These spirits consumption-related deaths aren’t brand new to Uttar Pradesh.
On April 28, five men died after allegedly absorbing country-made spirits in Nagla Singhi village of Hathras.
1 man was detained in relationship, educated Hathras SP Vineet Jaiswal.
On March 22, four men died supposedly after consuming spurious liquor in a village at the Rajapur region of Chitrakoot in the nation, the authorities said.