According to reports, the death toll has reached four and is further likely to be increased.

After the liquor ban in Bihar, Mahto sensed an opportunity to make quick money.

The kingpin of the illicit liquor manufacturing gang is a person nick-named 'Doctor', which has a good knowledge about spirits.

In October, Patna HC came down heavily on the state government’s lackadaisical attitude towards implementing the Prohibition Act in spirit.

The Supreme Court of India refused to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Bihar hooch tragedy as the matter was not listed among the cases.

After the Hooch Tragedy in Bihar’s Chapra where the death toll has risen to 55 on Friday, five deaths have been reported in Bihar’s Siwan under Bhagwanpur police station due to consumption of spurious liquor on Friday. The numbers are expected to rise. These areas of the Siwan district where the death has been reported […]

"You think the government will give compensation to those who die because of liquor consumption? If you drink you will die. Piyega, garbar piyega marega," he said.

The number of people who died after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar’s Chapra rose to 55 on Friday. Many people are seriously ill, and the death toll could rise further. Officials are tight-lipped on the issue as tension prevails in the area over these deaths. Police teams from several police stations are camping in Mashrakh to keep the law-and-order situation in control.

In a major crackdown, Bihar Police have detained 40 suspected liquor smugglers in the dry state.