Patna: The death toll of poisonous Hooch in Samastipur has risen to six with two fresh deaths that occur until Sunday afternoon.
The total count of arrests also rose to 98 in Samastipur, Gopalganj and Bettiah Police District in the West Champaran in the last 24 hours with massive crackdown on smuggling liquor and those involved in it.
The overall arrest in these places after Hooch’s death has risen to at least 181.
Now overall reported the death toll in Gopalganj, West Champaran and Hooch Samastipur incident has risen to 43 which began to take place from Diwali Eve.
However, the official toll road was still 33 because the authorities confirmed only 13 deaths in Gopalganj instead of being reported and 14 instead of 16 in Bettiah.
One Ranjeet Kumar Singh and Dhananjay Sao from Hassanpur Village letter under the Patori police station in the Samastipur district died on Saturday night and on Sunday afternoon each.
The village is about four kilometers from Rupewa Chaxima where soft drinks are smuggled and supplied to the duo.
When asked, Samastipur SP Manavjit Singh Dhillon told Ti by telephone on Sunday that the family Singh secretly treated him in a private hospital after falling illness from consumption of liquor.
“He died on Saturday night after that the family crissed his body in a hurry.
The police grabbed his door on Sunday after getting information only after the family member received Singh fell ill after consuming liquor,” Dhillon said.
SP said that Sao also consumed liquor with Singh and fell ill.
“His family treats him at home secretly.
When the police knew, he rushed to the Samastipur hospital, but died in treatment after that,” SP said.
He said Sao told the police before he died that he had Singh had bought two small bottles of IMLF from one person named Rahul Mahto on the night of November 3.
“They have consumed two bottles,” he said.
He said the total 15 people included three who were directly associated with Hooch’s death arrested in the last 24 hours after the first four Hooph deaths were revealed.
SP said the person who was arrested was a small drink for smugglers Abhilash Rai Kusum Devi (35), Yaduvash Rai who was in care and a man Vicky Mahto.
“Mahto had bought a fake IMF bottle from one Bhagwan RAM that was avoiding the arrest.
Mahto then sold liquor to Singh and Sao who killed them” “More than 700 liters of the IMFL and the country made in the country had been confiscated in Samastipur in the last 24 hours,” he said .
Gopalganj SP Anand Kumar said at all 51 arrests occurred in the district in the last 24 hours with several hundred liters of banned liquor.
“The total arrest in the last three days is 81,” he said.
“Two liquor manufacturing plants with sealing and stamping equipment in Manjhagarh and one in the city area were damaged.
Previously one factory was broken by the river after HOOCH’s death,” SP said.
West Champaran DM Kundan Kumar said more than 100 people involved in manufacturing liquor and smuggling were arrested in the last three days.
“RAID and further arrest continues.
We also hold large-scale meetings with all shos and Chowkidars districts to strengthen more systems to limit the manufacturing of forbidden fluids and smuggling in the district,” he added.