This story is from July 10, 2021

5 held in Nawada hooch death case

Five persons have been sent to jail till Thursday night in connection with suspected hooch death of a person at Barhi Bigha village under Mufassil police station area of Nawada on Wednesday morning. One Ganesh Chouhan (34) was found dead inside his room in the village.
5 held in Nawada hooch death case
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PATNA: Five people have been sent to jail till Thursday night in connection with suspected hooch death of a person at Barhi Bigha village under Mufassil police station area of Nawada on Wednesday morning. One Ganesh Chouhan (34) was found dead inside his room in the village.
This is the second such incident in Nawada in four months. At least 16 persons, including a teenager, had died due to alleged hooch poisoning in Nawada town after Holi in March this year.
Mufassil SHO Lal Bihari Paswan said Rohan Chauhan (35), who was involved in manufacturing countrymade liquor inside his residence, was among the five arrested in the case.
“Rohan and four others were produced before the court which forwarded them to jail,” he said. Two family members of Rohan were evading arrest.
The SHO said around 5.5 litres of country liquor and several liquor manufacturing equipment were seized from Rohan’s residence. However, he said only further investigation and forensic report would make it clear if Ganesh died after consuming poisonous hooch.
“Ganesh’s family alleged that he had consumed liquor at Rohan’s residence Tuesday night. They had to carry him back home and made him sleep inside his room. Next morning, he was found dead. They alleged that Ganesh died from liquor consumption,” the SHO said, quoting the FIR.
“No chemicals or medicines were recovered during the raid. Viscera of Ganesh’s body has been preserved after postmortem for further analysis,” he said, adding police have also registered an FIR from its side in connection with illicit liquor manufacturing and recovery.
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