Bish mod kando in w.b:Spurious liquor tragedy toll rises to 167

Spurious liquor tragedy toll rises to 170+

 

The inexorable death procession in the spurious liquor tragedy at South 24 Parganas Sangrampur area continued for the third day as the toll mounts to 170+as  more casualties were reported from three hospitals. Till now twelve people responsible have been arrested and they revealed the name of a local criminal Khora Badshah the main mastermind behind illegal country liquor business in the area. Further the entire investigation has been handed over to CID under the instruction of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a massive search operation has been launched by Police to find the main mastermind Khora Badshah. Police have started the investigation as the forensic team have reached the spot and has collected samples. Police are conducting thorough raids on various local country liquor shops in the area and destroying them. Narcotic department too joined hand with the police to hunt down all illegal country liquor shops and manufacturing centers in the area and till now they have destroyed 15500 liters of liquor in the area.

South 24 Parganas District Magistrate R S Nigam told media that the toll may rise further as condition of several 150 other patients undergoing treatment in different hospital including Bankur, SSKM and Diamond Harbour hospitals was stated to be critical.  Most of the victims hails from ten villages in the Sangrampur- Mograhat area of South 24 Parganas were mainly daily labourers, rickshaw pullers, masons, and hawkers. The brew turned toxic after being bridle with some chemical, which the traders allegedly used to make the liquor stronger. As per the latest report total of 60 people are still undergoing treatment at Diamond Harbour hospital and total of 114 people alone died in Diamond Harbour hospital where as 54 people were taken away by their relatives after signing a relief bond and 111 patients are shifted to Kolkata’s Bankur hospital. 141 postmortem being completed till now and the remaining 24 are in process and the report suggest that the deaths caused due to the use of methyl alcohol and forbic acid which led to respiratory and cardiac failure. 

Use of harmful chemicals in the liquor tragedy-Forensic Team

Group of six member forensic team who reached the spot has collected samples from the liquors seized from the area. After the preliminary investigation the forensic team has revealed that Methyl Alcohol and Forbic acid has been used in the liquor. Experts opine that too much use of methyl alcohol and Forbic acid can prove dangerous for humans and may cause blindness. Forensic experts are suspecting that apart from Methyl Alcohol a series of harmful chemical and pesticides might have been used in the liquor to make it stronger. In this case experts think too much use of these chemicals has turned fatal and caused so many deaths. Since investigation is still on therefore details will be available only after the completion of the investigation by the forensic team.