Punjab Hooch Tragedy: CM Amarinder Singh directs DGP to book those directly involved

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he will t tolerate any political interference in hooch trdy case. Taking cognisance of same, he directed DGP to book those directly involved for murder under section 302 of IPC.

Chief Minister also mooted enhancement of punishment for spurious/illicit liquor manufacturing and smuggling under Excise Act, to ensure that repeat offenders remain behind bars and are t able to come out easily to indulge again in crime. Captain Amarinder furr asked Sub-Committee, that was set up under Brahm Mohindra to examine provisions of proposed law, to finalise and submit its report at earliest

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Earlier, Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered suspension of, and inquiry against, seven Excise & Taxation Officers and Inspectors, along with two DSPs and four SHOs of Punjab Police, in connection with hooch trdy, which has so far claimed 86 lives in three districts of Tarn Taran, Amritsar Rural and Gurdaspur.

He has also anunced Rs 2 lakhs ex-gratia compensation to each of families of deceased, most of whom are from Tarn Taran, which accounts for 63 deaths, followed by Amritsar Rural 12 and Gurdaspur (Batala) 11.

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Punjab Hooch trdy

Over 100 people have died in Punjab’s Amritsar, Batala, and Tarn Taran districts since Wednesday night after consuming spurious liquor. Police stated that Moga-based hand sanitiser manufacturer - Ravinder Singh Anand h allegedly bought three cans of 200 litres each of spurious liquor at Rs 11,000 a drum from kingpin - Ludhiana-based paint business owner Rajesh Joshi. Each of se bottles was diluted by 10 percent to make 46 bottles, which was n furr diluted by an accused - Balwinder Kaur, by 50% water and sold a bottle of diluted spirit for Rs 100. Police have identified five businessmen - Gobinder, Ravinder, Darshana Rani, Triveni Chouhan and Harpreet Singh apart from Joshi himself.

Punjab Police have arrested 37 people till date including five kingpins of illicit liquor mafia that spanned several districts of state.

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