Unnao, 9 Dec: Two days after two men died after ingesting fake booze purchased from a government-allotted store in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district, police detained four employees of the shop for reportedly mixing an unknown chemical with the liquor.
In addition, Superintendent of Police Siddharth Shankar Meena suspended four police officers for negligence: Avadesh Kumar, Soharamau Station House Officer, Sub-inspector Indra Bahadur Singh, and Constables Ashish Pandey and Sanjesh Kumar.
In addition, the excise agency terminated the district excise officer and suspected excise inspector Gaurav Singh due to negligence.
Prithvipal and Holasi, both Mirzapur village residents, died and another became extremely ill after ingesting liquor obtained from the government-allotted shop on Thursday, according to the police, who added that the third victim’s condition was stable.
On the basis of a complaint filed by Prithvipal’s daughter Anjali, the police filed a FIR against the liquor store employees. They said the accused admitted to adulterating the booze supplied for sale.
The police named the apprehended suspects as manager Raj Kumar and salesmen Tinkle, Ravi, and Krishna Jaiswal, who were all brought before a court and taken into jail.
