Congress leader and Advocate Dr Raghavendra Singh Tomar wrote a letter to collector and Mandsaur SP demanding action against Institution violating Usury Act by charging interest ranging between 30 and 35%.
MP hooch tragedy toll mounts to 22; Collector, SP removed
Morena, MP, Jan 13 (UNI) The death toll owing to consumption of spurious liquor rose to 22 on Wednesday in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena District even as 18 individuals are battling for life at infirmaries here and in Gwalior divisional headquarters.
The administration swung into action by transferring Collector Anurag Verma and Superintendent of Police Anurag Sujania – in compliance of directives from Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan subsequent to his chairing a high-level review meeting in the state capital. Mr Verma was reassigned as Deputy Secretary (Mantralaya) and Mr Sujania as Assistant Inspector General (Headquarters).
At least 11 people have died and eight others have fallen seriously ill after consuming suspected spurious liquor in Madhya Pradesh s Morena district, police said on Tuesday.
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11 dead after consuming poisonous liquor in MP s Morena
At least 11 people have died and eight others have fallen seriously ill after consuming suspected spurious liquor in Madhya Pradesh s Morena district,
police said on Tuesday. As per preliminary reports, some villagers consumed a white coloured liquor, Morena Superintendent of Police Anurag Sujania said. On Monday night, eleven people from Manpur and Pahawali villages died after consuming suspected spurious liquor, he said.
Eight others fell seriously ill and they were referred to Gwalior for treatment, he said.
The postmortem is underway and whether the liquor was poisonous or not will be ascertained after the autopsy reports come, the official said.