3 Dead After Taking Medicine As Substitute For Liquor: Chhattisgarh Police

The victims were identified as Manish Verma (37), Dalvir Singh Parmar (25) and Balvindar Singh (29), all residents of Pandri area in Raipur, he said.

Three persons died after allegedly consuming an alcohol-based homeopathy medicine as a substitute for liquor in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, police said on Sunday. The deaths occurred on May 7, but its cause came to light on Sunday after an investigation was carried out based on the autopsy report of one of the victims, said RK Mishra, station house officer (SHO) of Civil Lines police station in Raipur. The victims were identified as Manish Verma (37), Dalvir Singh Parmar (25) and Balvindar Singh (29), all residents of Pandri area in Raipur, he said. "On May 7, Verma died at his home, while two others died during treatment at Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital on the same day," he said.