Key accused in May 28 Aligarh hooch case nabbed
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Nearly 50 folks have died in Aligarh since consuming spurious liquor on two completely different events not too long ago, in response to police
The key accused in the final month’s Aligarh hooch incident, which claimed a minimum of 35 lives to this point, was nabbed in the early hours of June 6, police stated.
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Accused Rishi Sharma, who carried a reward of ₹1 lakh on his arrest, was held close to Bulandshahr border in western Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kalanidhi Naithani stated.
Nearly 50 folks have died in Aligarh since consuming spurious liquor on two completely different events not too long ago, in response to police, whereas officers estimated that the dying toll might go as much as 100 as post-mortem stories of one other 50 hooch shoppers had been awaited.
“In a major breakthrough in the hooch incident, key accused and Rs 1 lakh rewardee Rishi Sharma has been arrested from near Bulandshahr border,” Naithani stated.
“Earlier, the police had arrested accused Vipin Yadav, with ₹50,000 reward on his arrest, and Rishi Sharma’s brother Munish Sharma carrying a bounty of ₹25,000 in this case,” the SSP stated.
The district police chief stated to this point 17 FIRs have been lodged and 61 accused arrested in Aligarh over the deaths of individuals after consuming spurious liquor.
Multiple police groups, he stated, have carried out investigation and searches in six states for the reason that case got here to mild whereas a crackdown on the liquor mafia additionally began in Aligarh, Mr. Naithani added.
Nine folks died after consuming spurious liquor discovered dumped in a canal close to Rohera village in Jawan space, officers stated on June 4.
Another man died on June 4 in Aligarh’s Kodiyagunj village and officers hyperlink it with the identical inventory of liquor discovered in the canal close to Rohera village on June 2 by some brick kiln staff.
The 10 deaths are aside from folks killed in the primary tragedy which broke out on May 28, in which 35 individuals are confirmed to have died of liquor poisoning.
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