Bihar Top Cop Rebuts Senior BJP Leader's Big Claim In Toxic Liquor Tragedy
NDTV
The Nitish Kumar government on Monday put at 38 the number of people who died in the Saran hooch tragedy, even as the opposition BJP claimed that the toll have crossed 100.
Two days after senior BJP leader Tarkishore Prasad alleged that the spurious liquor which claimed scores of lives in dry Bihar were made with spirits seized by the Saran Police, S K Singhal, the director general of police, on Monday rubbished the claim as "baseless".
Mr Singhal, speaking with reporters, said a probe is underway into the hooch tragedy, and anyone found involved in the preparation, sale or distribution of liquor would face strict action.
The Nitish Kumar government on Monday put at 38 the number of people who died in the Saran hooch tragedy, even as the opposition BJP claimed that the toll have crossed 100.
A delegation of BJP leaders had on December 17 visited Mashrakh and other areas in Saran district and met the family members of the victims.
