Brick kiln labourers fell sick after consuming countrymade liquor dumped in a canal near Rohera village. In an earlier case, at least 35 people died after consuming illicit liquor.
Five Uttar Pradesh police inspectors and a circle officer have been suspended. (Representational)
Aligarh:
In a major shake-up in the district police after the recent liquor tragedies, the police have transferred over 500 officials, an official said on Friday as the death count in the second case rose to nine.
Three more people who had consumed spurious liquor found dumped in a canal near Rohera village in Jawan area in Aligarh have died, officials said.
Another man died on Friday in the district s Kodiyagunj village and officials are linking it with the same stock of liquor found in the canal near Rohera village on June 2 by some brick kiln workers.