Guwahati : Seven people including a woman have died and several others are in serious condition after consuming spurious liquor in Assam’s Golaghat distictin past 48 hours.
According to the reports, the incident happened at Borpathar area in the Upper Assam district.
The victims are daily wage labourers fell critically ill after consumed hooch and they were admitted at Sarupathar government hospital.
A victim Sarumai Tanti, who presently treated at the government hospital said that, she had consumed liquor on Friday last and fell critically ill.
“I brought the liquor from a nearby shop and consumed it in my house. After consuming the liquor started complaining of stomach pain and vomiting,” Sarumai Tanti said.
In past 48 hours, seven persons including a woman have died after consuming the hooch purchased from a shop owned by Pintu Paul and Narayan Koch.
Meanwhile, Borpathar police had arrested the person due for their involved in the manufacturing and selling of the spurious liquor.
Bhula Bora, Officer-in-Charge of Borpathar police station said that, police had already arrested the persons who selling the illicit liquor.
“During search operation we had recovered several bottles of illicit liquor from the shop. We will take appropriate action against them as per law,” the police officer said.
The deceased persons were identified as Chanu Das, Kanta Horijan, Dharani Devi, Dipak Dev, Prakash Koiri, Prabhu Kumar and Badhua Rajput.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
