A man undergoes treatment after allegedly drinking spurious liquor, at Civil Hospital in Tarn Taran district. PTI photo.
Tribune News Service
Batala, August 4
Batala police on Tuesday arrested four more bootleggers in the spurious liquor case.
DSP Parvinder Kaur arrested an accused after sending a decoy.
With five more deaths in Tarn Taran and Amritsar in the past 24 hours, the toll due to spurious liquor has reached 117 in the region. On Monday, three fresh deaths were reported in Tarn Taran, while two died in Jandiala Guru in Amritsar. Till now, Tarn Taran has reported 91 deaths while Amritsar and Batala have witnessed 14 and 12 casualties, respectively. Karaj Singh, a resident of Jandiala Guru, was admitted to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital last evening after his health deteriorated. The doctors declared him dead in the early hours today.
So far, the Amritsar rural police also nabbed 13 bootleggers while 44 others were booked. Similarly, the Tarn Taran police booked 40 bootleggers and arrested 13 persons.
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