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Later, people in some other nearby villages also fell ill after consuming spurious liquor, police had said.
A three-member team headed by Additional Chief Secretary Rajesh Rajora reached Manpur village on Thursday to conduct a probe into the incident.
The other members of the committee are Additional Director General of Police (CID) A Sai Manohar and Deputy Inspector General Mithilesh Shukla.
The state government has removed the entire staff of Bagchini police station on charges of negligence in duty, an official said.
Morena s Sub-Divisional Officer of Police Sujit Bhadira has also been suspended by the government, he said.
The government on Wednesday transferred Morena s collector and superintendent of police.
Madhya Pradesh Hooch Tragedy: Toll Reaches 24; Govt Probe Panel in Morena
Under severe backlash from across the state, the Madhya Pradesh government suspended a number of officials as well as transferred Morena s collector and superintendent of police.
People near the bodies of the victims who died after consuming suspected spurious liquor in Morena district, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. At least 11 people have died and eight others have fallen seriously ill after consuming the liquor. Photo: PTI
Health14/Jan/2021
Bhopal/Morena: With the death of four more people, the toll in the hooch tragedy in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district has gone up to 24, a senior police official said on Thursday.
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).