Bihar: Liquor bottles found in house owned by JD(U) leader in Chhapra amid hooch tragedy

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Chhapra: Amid the illegal liquor controversy in Bihar, a huge quantity of liquor was recovered from a house registered in the name of a JD(U) leader Kameshwar Singh in Chhapra's Madhaura Nagar area. Speaking about the same, Inspector Rakesh K Singh told news agency ANI on Tuesday (December 20) that a man named Saroj Mahto and his wife currently stay in the house as tenants. A woman was taken into custody yesterday.

JD(U) leader Kameshwar Singh responded to these reports and claimed that he had no knowledge about the liquor bottles. He further said that an investigation should be carried out to find out who stored the bottles in the house to defame the state government.

Singh told ANI, "I came to know about this through media. I left that house 32 years ago. It should be investigated as to who kept those bottles there to defame our government."

I came to know about this through media. I left that house 32 years ago. It should be investigated as to who kept those bottles there to defame our government: JDU leader Kameshwar Singh (20.12) pic.twitter.com/dgjNQVuykp

— ANI (@ANI) December 21, 2022

Meanwhile, a team of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday arrived at Chhapra Sadar Hospital in Bihar to probe the hooch tragedy. They spoke to the doctors at Sadar Hospital to obtain information about the deaths due to spurious liquor.

The NHRC team is comprised of nine members who will investigate the tragic incident reported last week from Bihar`s Saran district in which over 60 people were killed due to consuming spurious liquor at a local joint. After the deaths, angry villagers blocked the Masrakh Hanuman Chowk on Bihar State Highway 90 and raised slogans against the district administration. The incident also triggered a political slugfest in the Bihar assembly, with opposition leaders mounting a strong attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the spate of spurious liquor deaths.

(With ANI inputs)