Overview
- Bihar’s police chief, who spoke Tuesday, said spurious liquor laced with methanol killed 11 people in East Champaran as viscera tests are still pending.
- Raids recovered nearly 1,500 litres of methanol that police say would have caused many more deaths if it had been mixed into illicit liquor.
- Investigators found 50 jars labeled hydraulic oil holding 1,263 litres of spirit and are tracing supplies allegedly routed from Kanpur with suspected links across the Nepal border.
- A Special Investigation Team is probing the network after seven FIRs were filed, 11 suspects were arrested, and two alleged ringleaders, Sunil Shah and Kanhaiya Kumar, surrendered.
- About 15 people remain in hospitals and at least six report loss of eyesight, while wider raids reached West Champaran and a liquor stash in a Begusarai school showed the trade persists despite Bihar’s ban.