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Death toll reaches 24 in Madhya Pradesh's hooch tragedy
YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/15/2021 11:27:23 AM
New Delhi, Jan 14 The toll in the hooch tragedy in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district has gone up to 24, a senior police official said on Thursday. Besides, 15 people are currently undergoing treatment in different government hospitals in Morena and Gwalior after consuming spurious liquor, Deputy Inspector General, Chambal Range, Rajesh Hingankar said. "The death toll is 24 now as four more persons died after consuming spurious liquor," he said. Some residents of Manpur and Pahawali villages in Morena consumed a white-coloured liquor on Monday night. Later, people in some other nearby villages also fell ill after consuming spurious liquor, police had said. A three-member team headed by Additional Chief Secretary Rajesh Rajora reached Manpur village on Thursday to conduct a probe into the incident. The other members of the committee are Additional Director General of Police (CID) A Sai Manohar and Deputy Inspector General Mithilesh Shukla.