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Sangrur hooch tragedy: Death toll mounts to 20, Election Commission seeks report

The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab’s Sangrur district climbed to 20 with four more people succumbing, officials said on Saturday, even as the Election Commission sought an immediate report from Punjab chief secretary and director general of police in connection with the incident. A four-member special investigation team, led by additional director general …

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9 months ago

Punjab: Toll in Sangrur hooch tragedy rises to 20, SIT formed

Hindustan Times

The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab’s Sangrur district climbed to 20 with six more people succumbing, officials said on Saturday. The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab’s Sangrur district climbed to 20 with six more people succumbing on Saturday. Patiala range deputy inspector general Harcharan Bhullar, Sangrur …

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9 months ago

Punjab: Death count rises to 20 in Sangrur spurious liquor case, SIT formed

India TV News

Punjab news: The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab's Sangrur district has climbed to twenty, with six more persons succumbing, officials today said. Deputy Inspector General Harcharan Bhullar, Senior Superintendent of Police, Sangrur, Sartaj Chahal, and Additional Commissioner Naresh Dubey will be part of the SIT. The police had earlier recovered 200 litres of …

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9 months ago

Punjab: 4 die after drinking spurious liquor in Sangrur, probe ordered

Hindustan Times

Four people died on Tuesday night after consuming spurious liquor at Gujran village in Dirba block of Punjab’s Sangrur district. Four people died on Tuesday night after consuming spurious liquor in Dirba block of Punjab’s Sangrur district. Sangrur senior superintendent of police Sartaj Singh said two residents of Gujran village had been arrested and booked for murder under Section 302 …

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9 months ago

Punjab: Three killed after consuming spurious liquor in Sangrur, probe on

India TV News

Sangrur: At least three people have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Sangrur district of Punjab, police said on Wednesday. Similar incident in Sangrur last year A similar incident unfolded last year in Sangrur district, where three labourers lost their lives after consuming counterfeit alcohol in Namol village near Sunam. 12 people died in Haryana in 2023 Last year, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Punjab: 3 labourers die after consuming ethanol in Sunam

Hindustan Times

Three labourers died after consuming spurious liquor at Namol village in Sunam sub division of Sangrur district on Friday night. Cheema police station in-charge sub inspector Lakhveer Singh said the sarpanch of Namol village informed the police about the deaths at 8am on Saturday. The villagers claimed that the three, Gurmail Singh, Gurtej Singh and Chamkaur Singh, had been drinking …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Hooch Tragedy: "If Released Society Would Be Full Of Widowed Women, Orphaned Children": P&H High Court Denies Bail To A Bootlegger

Live Law

Observing that an iron hand approach is needed to deal with people who are involved in supplying/selling the illicit spurious country-made liquor and alcohol, the Punjab & Haryana High Court last week denied bail to a bootlegger.Denying him bail, the Bench of Justice Harnaresh Singh Gill observed:"If such kind of persons are released on bail, they would further decay the …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab Police Claim to Bust Major Spurious Liquor Module With Two Arrests in Amritsar

News 18

The Punjab Police on Saturday claimed to have busted another major spurious liquor module with the arrest of two people from Amritsar's Majitha. The arrests took place during a raid on Saturday morning following a tip-off received by the Majitha station house office, police said. Raju, a man from whom Gurwinder and Lovepreet had purchased spurious liquor, is absconding, said …

Liquor Dgp Spurious Liquor Gurwinder

4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab Police arrests Ludhiana-based paint store owner accused of supplying spurious liquor

Firstpost

Cops apprehended 12 others, including two businessmen, in connection with the distribution of spurious liquor that resulted in 111 deaths in the state Chandigarh: The Punjab government said that the state police have arrested a Ludhiana-based paint store owner, allegedly responsible for triggering the chain of events that ultimately resulted in the hooch tragedy. “In a major breakthrough in the …

Ludhiana Punjab Punjab Police Spurious Liquor

4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab CM Dubs Hooch Deaths 'Sheer Murder', Says Won't Spare Anyone Found Complicit

News 18

Under fire from the opposition over the spurious liquor tragedy that has claimed over 110 lives, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said no one will be spared if found complicit in the hooch deaths. Describing the deaths in the hooch tragedy as "sheer murder", the chief minister said he would now allow the "killers" to get away with …

Deaths Liquor State Bjp Minister Punjab Singh

4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab hooch tragedy: 112 die after consuming spurious liquor; key suspect on the run, 37 arrested

India Today

At least 112 people have died in three districts of Punjab after consuming spurious liquor manufactured by a Ludhiana-based paint shop owner Rajesh Joshi. Singh, who owns a mechanical jack factory, had purchased three drums of the spurious liquor worth Rs 11,000 per drum. Ravinder Singh had sold all three drums of spurious liquor to a person identified as Avtar …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Death Toll Climbs to 105 as 1 More Dies Due to Spurious Liquor in Punjab; Oppn Slams Govt

News 18

The death toll in the Punjab spurious liquor tragedy rose to 105 with one more person reported dead in Gurdaspur's Batala, officials said on Monday. "The death toll in Batala has now reached 13 with one more person dying on Sunday,” Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ishfaq said. Meanwhile, Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi ridiculed the SAD for blaming …

Tragedy State Minister Punjab Gurdaspur Batala Tarn Taran

4 years, 4 months ago

Death Toll in Punjab Spurious Liquor Tragedy Rises to 98

News 18

The death toll in the Punjab hooch tragedy rose to 98 on Sunday with 12 more people reported dead in Tarn Taran district after drinking spurious liquor. "In Tarn Taran, the death toll is now 75," Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh said over the phone. Officials said some of the families were not even coming forward to report the death of …

Death Death Toll Punjab Tarn Taran Spurious Liquor

4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab hooch tragedy: Police arrests 25 as toll across three districts rises to 86

Firstpost

Raids have exposed a massive liquor racket extending across several districts, with several dhabas at Shambhu, Banur and Patiala having been sealed Chandigarh: In a major crackdown as spurious liquor claimed 86 lives in three districts of Punjab, police on Saturday arrested 17 more people in over 100 raids from parts of the state, officials said. Director General of Police …

Liquor Patiala Punjab Dgp Arrested Shambhu Raids

4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab hooch tragedy: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal demands CBI probe

India Today

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the Punjab hooch tragedy which has claimed 86 lives so far. Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party is in the Opposition in the state, claimed that none of the cases pertaining to illicit liquor in the last few months have been solved by the local police. "The case should …

Punjab Cbi Kejriwal Punjab Hooch Tragedy Liquor State

4 years, 4 months ago

Death toll in Punjab spurious liquor tragedy rises to 98

India Today

The death toll in the Punjab hooch tragedy rose to 98 on Sunday with 12 more people reported dead in Tarn Taran district after drinking spurious liquor. “In Tarn Taran, the death toll is now 75,” Deputy Commissioner Kulwant Singh said over the phone. Apart from Tarn Taran, 12 deaths have been reported from Amritsar and 11 from Gurdaspur’s Batala, …

Death Death Toll Punjab Tarn Taran Spurious Liquor Punjab Hooch Tragedy

4 years, 4 months ago

25 Arrested as Death Toll in Punjab Hooch Tragedy Rises to 86; CM Suspends 7 Excise Officials, 6 Cops

News 18

The death toll in the Punjab spurious liquor tragedy rose to 86 on Saturday even as Chief Minister Amarinder Singh suspended seven excise officials and six policemen, officials said. The Punjab Police on Saturday arrested 17 more people in a massive crackdown spanning more than 100 raids in the three affected districts of Amritsar Rural, Gurdaspur and Tarn Taran, along …

Punjab Singh Gurdaspur Tarn Taran Spurious Liquor Liquor Tragedy

4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab hooch tragedy: 86 dead, 25 arrested so far, Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for victims

India Today

As the death toll in the Punjab spurious liquor tragedy continues to rise, the case has picked up the pace with action now being taken against some senior officials in the state. While the toll in the hooch tragedy mounted to 86 on Saturday -- 63 deaths in Tarn Taran, 12 in Amritsar Rural at 12 and 11 in Gurdaspur …

Liquor Tragedy Punjab Singh Dgp Arrested Cia

4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab spurious liquor deaths: 38 dead, eight arrested; police to conduct raids in Amritsar, Batala, Tarn Taran

Firstpost

The Punjab DGP said that a resident of a village in Amritsar district had been arrested for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and under provisions of Excise Act The toll due to consumption of spurious liquor in the districts of Amritsar, Batala, and Tarn Taran in Punjab rose to 38 on Friday. Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta said that the …

Culpable Homicide Punjab Singh Dgp Pti Reported Arrested

4 years, 4 months ago

38 Dead across 3 Districts in Punjab after Drinking Spurious Liquor, 8 Arrested as CM Orders Probe

News 18

Thirty-two people have died in Punjab's three districts allegedly after drinking spurious liquor, prompting Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to order a magisterial probe, officials said on Friday. The deaths took place in Punjab's Amritsar, Batala and Tarn Taran districts since Wednesday night, an official statement said. Two more deaths were later reported from Mucchal village while another two people died …

Punjab Batala Died Tarn Taran Spurious Liquor Tangra Muchhal Village

4 years, 4 months ago

Spurious liquor kills at least 38 in Punjab

The Hindu

At least 38 people have died over the past 48 hours in three districts of Punjab allegedly after consuming spurious liquor. The death toll could rise further as the spurious liquor network was evidently spread across many areas,” said the DGP, adding that questioning of the accused could lead to further arrests. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has ordered a magisterial …

Liquor Minister Punjab Singh Batala Tarn Taran Spurious Liquor

4 years, 4 months ago

Punjab: 38 die after drinking spurious liquor, CM orders probe, 8 arrested

India Today

As the death toll in the hooch tragedy in Punjab rose to 38, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ordered a magisterial probe into the matter, while Punjab Police arrested seven more bootleggers from Amritsar, Batala and Tarn Taran districts in over 40 raids conducted by five teams led by senior officers. With the seven arrests, the total number of persons apprehended …

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Sangrur hooch tragedy: Death toll mounts to 20, Election Commission seeks report

Punjab: Toll in Sangrur hooch tragedy rises to 20, SIT formed

Punjab: Death count rises to 20 in Sangrur spurious liquor case, SIT formed

Punjab: 4 die after drinking spurious liquor in Sangrur, probe ordered

Punjab: Three killed after consuming spurious liquor in Sangrur, probe on

Punjab: 3 labourers die after consuming ethanol in Sunam

Hooch Tragedy: "If Released Society Would Be Full Of Widowed Women, Orphaned Children": P&H High Court Denies Bail To A Bootlegger

Punjab Police Claim to Bust Major Spurious Liquor Module With Two Arrests in Amritsar

Punjab Police arrests Ludhiana-based paint store owner accused of supplying spurious liquor

Punjab CM Dubs Hooch Deaths 'Sheer Murder', Says Won't Spare Anyone Found Complicit

Punjab hooch tragedy: 112 die after consuming spurious liquor; key suspect on the run, 37 arrested

Death Toll Climbs to 105 as 1 More Dies Due to Spurious Liquor in Punjab; Oppn Slams Govt

Death Toll in Punjab Spurious Liquor Tragedy Rises to 98

Punjab hooch tragedy: Police arrests 25 as toll across three districts rises to 86

Punjab hooch tragedy: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal demands CBI probe

Death toll in Punjab spurious liquor tragedy rises to 98

25 Arrested as Death Toll in Punjab Hooch Tragedy Rises to 86; CM Suspends 7 Excise Officials, 6 Cops

Punjab hooch tragedy: 86 dead, 25 arrested so far, Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for victims

Punjab spurious liquor deaths: 38 dead, eight arrested; police to conduct raids in Amritsar, Batala, Tarn Taran

38 Dead across 3 Districts in Punjab after Drinking Spurious Liquor, 8 Arrested as CM Orders Probe

Spurious liquor kills at least 38 in Punjab

Punjab: 38 die after drinking spurious liquor, CM orders probe, 8 arrested