Updated Mar 06, 2021 | 19:00 IST
All the convicts including four women who have been sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment are members of extended family. 14 people were named in the FIR at Town Police station in Gopalganj, Bihar. The tragedy in Gopalganj had claimed the lives of 19 people and left two people permanently blind. | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The tragedy in Gopalganj had claimed the lives of 19 people and left two people permanently blind.
Four women from the same extended family have also been awarded rigorous life imprisonment
Patna: Nine persons of a family have been sentenced to death in connection with Khajurbanni hooch tragedy in Bihar s Gopalganj in 2016. The verdict was pronounced by a special excise court.
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Bihar hooch tragedy: 9 get death sentence, 4 women get life imprisonment
A court in Bihar on Friday awarded death sentence to nine people and life imprisonment to four women in connection with a 2016 hooch tragedy that had claimed near to 20 lives a few months after Bihar went dry.
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A court in Bihar on Friday awarded death sentence to nine people and life imprisonment to four women in connection with a hooch tragedy that had claimed near to 20 lives a few months after Bihar went dry in 2016.
All the 13 surviving accused in the August, 2016 case were convicted by Additional District Judge Luv Kush Kumar.
Bihar Hooch Tragedy: 9 Given Death Sentence, 4 Women Get Life Imprisonment
Special public prosecutor Ravi Bhushan Srivastava said 14 people stood trial in the 2016 case while one of them died pending trial. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-05T17:13:36+05:30 Bihar Hooch Tragedy: 9 Given Death Sentence, 4 Women Get Life Imprisonment outlookindia.com 2021-03-05T20:22:11+05:30
Nine people were awarded death sentence and four women were sentenced to life imprisonment in Bihar on Friday in connection with a hooch tragedy that claimed close to 20 lives a few months after alcohol consumption was banned in Bihar.
All the 13 surviving accused in the August 2016 illicit liquor case were convicted by Additional District Judge Luv Kush Kumar here.
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Gopalganj (Bihar), March 5
Nine persons were awarded death sentence and four women were imprisoned for life by a court here on Friday in connection with a hooch tragedy that claimed close to 20 lives a few months after Bihar went dry.
All the 13 surviving accused in the August 2016 case were convicted by Additional District Judge Luv Kush Kumar.
According to special public prosecutor Ravi Bhushan Srivastava, altogether 14 people had been named accused in the illicit liquor case and one of them had died pending trial.
Altogether 19 people had died in the district Khajurbani locality on August 16, 2016, upon consuming spurious liquor, four months after the Nitish Kumar government banned sale and consumption of alcohol across the state.