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Five people have been arrested so far
Pratapgarh: Six people were killed due to the consumption of spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh s Pratapgarh, state police said on Thursday.
Five people including the main accused Dabbu Singh have been arrested, while liquor mafia Pavan Singh, who is the pradhan and owner of rice mill and brick kiln, is absconding.
A commercial truck containing around 700 kg illicit ganja has been recovered from Pavan Singh in PS Kohdaur in Pratapgarh.
Dilip Kori (48), his brother Pradeep Kori (35), maternal uncle Siddhanath (65) and Ram Kumar Prajapati (35) died after consuming the liquor on Tuesday.
Three of the deceased were from the same family and were residents of Katariya village. The fourth was from Aahar Bihar village.