16 people arrested in hooch tragedy in Bihar's West Champaran

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A total of 16 persons have been arrested in the case where people died due to consumption of poisonous/spurious liquor in Champaran.
Eight people died on Thursday while an equal number of deaths occurred on the following day.
Sale and consumption of liquor was banned by the Nitish Kumar government in April, 2016.
New Delhi: Around 16 people have been arrested in connection with the hooch tragedy in Bihar's West Champaran district, ANI cited officials as saying. People in Lauria block of West Champaran district died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in the past few days while several others have been hospitalised. 

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