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Over 13 lakh arrests, just 1% convictions, and rising corruption — a policy meant to curb drinking has ended up punishing the poor

YSRCP leader and former Andhra minister Jogi Ramesh was arrested by the SIT in connection with the spurious liquor case. His arrest followed allegations by the prime accused and came a day after he sought a CBI probe into the case

The main accused Prabhjit Singh has been arrested and he turned out to be the mastermind behind supplying the spurious liquor

Using branded containers, the duo bottled spurious liquor and distributed it to belt shops and wine stores, duping gullible customers

Two spurious liquor incidents have been reported, one in Chengalpattu district and another one in Villupuram district

Varanasi: Five persons died and over a dozen fell ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor sold at a licensed country liquor shop in Mahul town area under Ahraula police station in Azamgarh district on Monday night. The tragedy took place just a day after a hooch manufacturing unit was unearthed in Sidhari area of Azamgarh […]

"Two more deaths in Bettiah are suspected due to illegal liquor, their post mortem reports are awaited. Those admitted to different hospitals are in stable condition," he said.

The incident took place at Laxmanpur on Wednesday evening, when a group of men consumed alcohol at an illicit liquor den and fell unconscious soon after, an official said.

They were said to have consumed spurious liquor at the burial ground and fell sick

Police are also not ruling out the possibility of sanitiser being mixed in liquor as one the person hospitalised said liquor supplied by one of the deceased tasted like soap.