Morena:One more person has died in Morena spurious liquor tragedy taking the death toll to 25 on Monday. However, police have arrested the main accused from Chennai. The accused has been identified as Mukesh Kirar and he had a reward of Rs 10,000 on his head.
"The deaths in morena were very unfortunate and tragic. The investigation of the case is going on. We have arrested the main accused from Chennai today and including him, we have arrested five persons till now," said, Superintendent of Police Sunil Pandey.
"A case has been registered under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 34 and 91 of the Excise Act. An FIR against seven accused has been lodged for sale of spurious liquor. A manhunt has been launched to arrest the others," he said.
"The preliminary investigation found that the accused used chemicals to make spurious liquor and sell it to people in villages at a low price. Police seized a large number of liquor bottles from an agriculture farm where the accused used to make the hooch," he added.
meanwhile, the fatalities have risen in the Madhya Pradesh district since January 11 when the first reports came of people having taken spurious liquor.
The deceased person has been identified as Mata Prasad Kushwaha of Chhichhavali village of the district.