Death toll rises to 8 in spurious liquor case in Odisha

Three more persons died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Bhadrak district, taking the death toll in the tragedy to eight, officials said on Wednesday.

Five people died and 28 others fell ill on Tuesday after allegedly consuming spurious liquor during a post-election feast in the Tihidi area of the district.

The death toll rose to eight after three more persons were taken to the district headquarters hospital here late on Tuesday night and all of them died before reaching the hospital, Additional District Medical Officer (ADMO) P K Khuntia said.

"We have received the bodies. Their relatives said the deceased had also consumed liquor," the ADMO said.

The exact reason of the deaths will be ascertained once the post-mortem reports were available, he added.

Two persons were detained in connection with the incident and efforts were on to nab those involved in selling spurious liquor, Inspector-in-charge of the Tihidi police station Prabhansu Mishra said.

The tragedy struck late .