5 dead and 12 seriously ill after hooch liquor consumption in Bihar’s Motihari

In another case of hooch liquor, at least 5 people have taken down their lives after consuming illicitly made liquor in Motihari District, Bihar, while twelve others were rushed to a local hospital, now in a critical condition.

The incident is reported from Laxmipur Village of Motihari district in Bihar.

The cases of spurious liquor creating hazardous health problems and death of people in Bihar have been in focus since quite some months now. Earlier in January this year it was reported from Siwan that four people died post consuming the spurious liquor after which the Police arrested 16 people who were involved in the storage and trading of alcohol in the state.

Purchase, sale and trade of liquor stands banned in Bihar since April 2016 after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took this move to impose a complete prohibition on the sale and consumption of alcohol in the state. This decision was welcomed with open hands by a large number of women vote bank who were often victim of domestic violence by their drunkard husband.

The ban could not stop the liquor sale, some reports claim it gave a boost to the sales of alcohol in the state with the entry of black market and illicitly made country liquor.

In February also the around 15 people were arrested involved in the black market trading of illegal alcohol in the state.

In December last year eight people allegedly died in Bihar’s Chhapra for allegedly consuming spurious liquor, a case that created havoc among the villagers, victim family members also registered police complaint, the matter even shook up the Bihar Assembly for days with opposition targeting Nitish Kumar government for failing to curb the sale and consumption of alcohol in the state.