Three die after consuming spurious liquor in Jewar

Greater Noida: Three persons died after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor in Greater Noida’s Jewar on Tuesday and Wednesday

Greater Noida: Three persons died after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor in Greater Noida’s Jewar on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Police identified the victims as Vijay Kumar (25) and his brothers-in-law Bijjo (30) and Jaggo (27), all residents of Jewar and worked as ragpickers.

Jewar police station house officer Umesh Bahadur said that the trio found countrymade liquor while picking garbage in Aligarh’s Tappal on Monday. “They were collecting used plastic bottles and other stuff when they chanced upon bottles with some countrymade liquor in a sack on the roadside there. They consumed some and brought the rest home,” he said.

On Monday night, all three complained of nausea and headache and on Tuesday, Vijay’s health deteriorated and he died at a Jewar community health centre where he died, said police.

On Tuesday night the other two victims’ health too deteriorated and they were rushed to the Noida district hospital. While Bijjo died the same night, Jaggo was rushed to a Delhi government hospital in Delhi where he died on Wednesday morning, said police.

The SHO said excise department was informed to launch an investigation into the matter. “It appears some people involved in manufacturing spurious liquor dumped the liquor bottles on the roadside,” he said.

Police said they have not received any complaint from the victims’ family.