Post MP hooch tragedy, BJP woman wing leader arrested after seizure of illicit liquor from her house
Identified as Lalita Raje, the BJP Mahila Morcha head in Shivpuri district has been arrested and booked under the provisions of the Excise Act.
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BHOPAL: Statewide crackdown against illicit liquor mafia in Madhya Pradesh in the wake of the recent hooch tragedy in Morena district has led to the seizure of illicit liquor from the house of a women wing leader of the ruling BJP.
Identified as Lalita Raje, the BJP Mahila Morcha head in Pohri sub-division of Shivpuri district of Gwalior-Chambal region has been arrested and booked under the provisions of the Excise Act.
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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.
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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
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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.