Prayagraj: A joint team of police and administration on Tuesday clarified that the mysterious death of four persons in a remote village in Saidabad and Handia blocks in the trans-Ganga area in the past 48 hours cannot be attributed to spurious liquor.
SP (Trans Ganga) Dhawal Jaiswal told TOI that three out of four persons had died due to illness\diseases and that the bodies have been sent for post mortem to ascertain the cause of death.
SP, meanwhile, said that a man identified as Ajay Lal Gupta died of a gastro problem as he had not consumed meals for the past five days. Similarly, another person named Kabir alias Ramji of Sangram Patti village, suffering from paralysis had died after consuming spirit in the Allahapur area of the city. Besides, another person identified as Chote Lal Kanojia of Beenda village died after consuming an excessive amount of spurious liquor.