Hooch Tragedy

Seven people die after consuming spurious liquor in Rajasthan's Bharatpur, five still critical

Three people have been arrested under various sections of the Rajasthan Excise Act, district collector Nathmal Didel said

Barabanki Hooch Tragedy: 16 dead, three arrested; Uttar Pradesh govt announces 2 lakh compensation

Following the unfortunate death of 16 people due to consumption of spurious liquor, Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three people while the state government has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the deceased.

Hooch tragedy: 10 people die in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki after consuming spurious liquor; district official, police officers suspended

Months after Saharanpur and Kushinagar hooch tragedy, at ten least people, including four members of the same family, died after consuming spurious liquor in Ramnagar area of Barabanki district on Tuesday.

Hooch tragedy claims 150 lives in Assam; Golaghat worst affected region as mass alcohol poisoning grips North East after UP, Bihar

Hundreds of mainly poor people die each year in India from tainted liquor, which normally costs just a few US cents a bottle. Cheap, locally made booze is common in rural parts and bootleggers often add methanol — a highly toxic form of alcohol sometimes used as an antifreeze — to their product to increase its strength.

Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand hooch tragedy: Main accused arrested from Rajasthan's Bhilwara

The main accused in the Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand hooch tragedy Harendra Yadav has been arrested from Rajasthan’s Bhilwara

Hooch tragedies: Lack of uniformity in taxation, pricing leads to inter-state smuggling; India needs National Alcohol Policy

Hooch deaths aren't a one-off incident caused by negligence of a government, it's a collective failure of conscience and method.

Hooch tragedy: Haridwar police arrest main accused Sardar Hardev, son Sukka, two others at Roorkee

The Haridwar police have arrested the prime accused Sardar Hardev and his son Sukka in Jhabrera in connection with the deaths that occurred due to consumption of illicit liquor or hooch in Uttarkhand's Roorkee.

In Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Opposition blames Yogi Adityanath for hooch deaths, demand his resignation

The uproar by Opposition members — over the hooch tragedies in Saharanpur and Kushinagar districts last week — led to adjournment of the entire Question Hour.

Uttar Pradesh govt constitutes five-member SIT to investigate hooch tragedy; two arrested in Kushinagar

The Uttar Pradesh government constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe recent deaths due to consumption of illicit liquor in Saharanpur, Kushinagar

Two arrested in connection with Kushinagar hooch tragedy; toll in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh crosses 80

Two persons have been arrested in connection with Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar hooch tragedy, which claimed eight lives, said Superintendent of Police Rajeev Narayan Mishra