Smugglers stuffed 146 bottles of India-made foreign liquor in a coffin and loaded it on an ambulance van meant to transport dead bodies.
Reacting on the Chapra hooch tragedy, CM Kumar said, “You will die if you consume liquor. It is evident from the current incident that liquor consumption is not good for anyone.”
At least 20 people lost their lives after consuming spurious liquor in Chapra in the dry state of Bihar, prompting a political storm over the faulty implementation of CM Nitish Kumar’s alcohol ban policy. All the victims are men from Mashrakh and Ishauvpur areas of Saran district. “The death toll is expected to rise further,” […]
In what could bring more embarrassment to CM Nitish Kumar, senior leader Rambali Singh Chandrabanshi of ally Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has publicly made fun of Bihar’s policy of a ban on liquor sale. The RJD MLC’s statement adds to the growing criticism of the Janata Dal (United) leader’s ambitious liquor ban law. Leaders of […]