Deaths due to spurious liquor
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In Bihar, the matter of deaths due to spurious liquor has taken up from the streets to the Parliament. Now the National Human Rights Commission has also become active regarding this. On this matter, the officials of the National Human Rights Commission informed on Saturday that the NHRC would conduct an on-the-spot inquiry in view of the deaths due to spurious liquor in Bihar. At the same time, for this, the commission has decided to deploy its investigation team under the chairmanship of one of its members.
The death toll in the Saran spurious liquor tragedy rose to 30 on Friday, the biggest since the Bihar drought six years ago. In view of media reports spreading in other districts about more deaths in Bihar spurious liquor tragedy, the NHRC said in a statement, it decided to appoint its own investigation team headed by one of its members for on-spot investigation Is.
The Commission is concerned to know where and what kind of medical treatment is being provided to these victims. Most of them are from poor families and probably cannot afford expensive treatment in private hospitals. Therefore, it becomes absolutely necessary on the part of the State Government to provide the best possible medical treatment to them wherever available.
The statement said that according to media reports circulating on Saturday, five deaths were reported in Siwan district and one in Begusarai district, while the death toll in Saran district was rising following the December 14 spurious liquor tragedy. So far 65 people have died. Officials had said on Friday that the NHRC has issued notices to the Bihar government and the state police chief over the Saran poisoning tragedy.
