Spurious liquor kills 10 in Kanpur

Kanpur, May 20

At least 10 persons died and 16 were taken seriously ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in this district and its neighbouring Kanpur Dehat, officials said on Sunday.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each of the deceased, an official statement said.

In Kanpur district, four persons died in the hooch tragedy on Saturday. This morning, another person died at Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital, taking the toll to five. The deceased have been identified as Rajendra Kumar (48), Ratnesh Shukla (51), retired sub-inspector Jagjeevan Ram (62), Umesh (30) and Bhola Yadav (30).

In the neighbouring Kanpur Dehat district, five persons died in Matauli, Maghaipurwa and Bhanwarpur villages after allegedly consuming spurious liquor, while seven are undergoing treatment at hospitals. Superintendent of Police (SP) Ratan Kant Pandey said the deceased were aged 28 to 50 years.

Kanpur’s SP (rural) Pradyuman Singh said according to the relatives of the victims, all of them had consumed liquor bought from a government liquor shop. — PTI