ALIGARH: ” The death toll at the Aligarh hooch tragedy went to 22 on Saturday, whereas 28 more folks continue to be in critical illness, an official stated.
Seven people have died as Friday night, ” he explained, also added that the illness of 28 individuals undergoing therapy in the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College hospital, AMU, along with the Malkhan Singh District Hospital are crucial.
Locals fear that the death toll could grow further as reports by many towns are still trickling in.
On Friday, Additional District Magistrate (Finance) Vidhan Jaiswal said 15 people had perished in cities falling under three individual police stations — Lodha, Khair and Jawan.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kalanidhi Naithani told people persons on Saturday that the five individuals have been detained up to now, such as Anil Chaudhary, alleged kingpin of this spurious liquor racket.
The authorities have booked 12 individuals in three unique instances till today.
Many raids were completed in a variety of areas of the district during the evening and are still ongoing.
An benefit of Rs 50,000 per was declared on the arrest of Rishi Sharma and Vipin Yadav, partners of Anil Chaudhary, the SSP said.
Death toll in Aligarh hooch tragedy Increases to 22
