The death toll in Bihar hooch tragedy has mounted to 26 as four more people, who had consumed the spurious liquor in Motihari area of East Champaran district, succumbed on Monday.

According to officials, twenty people who had ingested the illicit liquor, are currently admitted in various hospitals across the district.

East Champaran Superintendent of Police (SP) Kantesh Kumar Mishra said that following the incident, Station House Officers (SHOs) of Turkauliya, Harsiddhi, Sugauli and Paharpur police stations and Raghunathpur outpost, have been suspended for dereliction of duties.

The officer said the toll due to the suspected hooch tragedy has now risen to 26 after the deaths of four more people during the past 10 hours.

SP Mishra said that besides the suspension of concerned SHOs, disciplinary actions were taken against 11 policemen, including nine chowkidars, on Sunday.

The senior officer further said that the police have registered five FIRs in connection with the incident and arrested 80 people so far for alleged involvement in illicit liquor business in the district, adding that further investigation is ongoing and more arrests are expected.

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On April 15, five people reportedly died in Motihari after consuming spurious liquor leading to a crackdown on the illicit alcohol trade by the police who recovered 370 litres of country-made liquor, 50 litres of spirit and 1,150 litres of other chemicals used in the manufacturing of spurious liquor during raids at over 600 places across East Champaran district.

Opposition BJP attacked the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government over the deaths as it alleged that the liquor mafias “associated with the ruling JD(U) and the RJD” are being “shielded” by the administration.

The saffron party dubbed the Motihari deaths as “mass murder by the Nitish Kumar government” and said they will approach the National Human Rights Commission and other central bodies to demand a “probe into the hooch tragedy.”

The JD(U)-RJD coalition government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar imposed a liquor ban in Bihar in April 2016.

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Two people died while dozens reportedly fell ill after consuming toxic liquor in the Lakari Nabiganj area of Bihar’s Siwan district on Sunday.

Reports quoting local police officials said the duo were brought to Siwan hospital where they were declared “brought dead”. They had complained of stomach pain and blurred vision due to consumption of spurious liquor.

They said that five others are hospitalized at the medical facility and cause of death of the two deceased can only be ascertained after post-mortem reports.

The deceased, identified as Janak Bean alias Janak Prasad and Naresh Bean, both residents of Bala village in Siwan’s Nabiganj, complained of stomach pain and blurred vision overnight, following which they were brought to the Siwan Sadar Hospital where the doctors declared them ‘brought dead’.

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The local district administration has started running awareness camps in the village after multiple deaths due to toxic liquor came to the fore.

A local district official said that dozens of people fell ill, while two persons lost their lives after consuming spurious liquor, adding that police and administration have set up camps in the village.

Reports say that the number of deaths due to toxic liquor is likely to increase.

The incident comes a little over a month after the Bihar Police recovered toxic liquor bottles hidden in a gutter in Danapur on December 21, 2022.

The Nitish Kumar regime has banned sale and consumption of alcohol in Bihar since April 2016.

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A video is doing rounds on social media where a mob can be seen taking liquor from an unidentified car in the dry state of Bihar. According to some media reports, the incident took place in the city of Siwan district.

A video of this incident was shared by a media platform Unseen India on Twitter. They wrote that people started looting the liquor found in a car.

Bihar government banned the consumption and trading of liquor in the state in 2016 and also made a provision of up to 10-year-jail terms. According to a Bihar government study, more than 80 per cent of the state population was in favour of liquor prohibition.

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The study claimed that only 13.8 per cent of the respondents were against liquor prohibition in the state.

Chanakya Law University’s Dean Professor SP Singh said that the sample size was 22,184. Of this, around 54 per cent were males (11,886) and 46 per cent (10,298) were females. From the age group point of view, about 80 per cent of respondents were below the age of 44 years, while 20 per cent belonged to the 45-60 plus years age group.

He said that almost all women were in the support of the liquor ban in Bihar and did not want it to be revoked ever due to its positive implications, primarily being increased in income due to savings from expenditure on liquor. Around 87 per cent of the respondents vouched for an increase in average household income, which was spent on education, nutrition etc.

In August 2022, the Bihar government amended the liquor policy and decided that those who were caught drinking alcohol for the first time would be released after paying a fine.

Speaking in the Bihar assembly in April 2022, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that those who drink were mahapaapi (sinners) and they were not Hindustani (Indian).

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