No compensation to those who die after consuming liquor: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said no compensation will be given if a person dies after consuming spurious liquorThe chief ministers remark comes amid severe criticism from the Opposition led by the BJP in the wake of the rising hooch deaths in the Chhapra districtNo compensation will be provided to people who die after consuming spurious liquor We have been appealing to you not to drink If you drink you will die Those who speak against prohibition will not bring any good to the people the Bihar CM said in the Assembly on FridayOn Thursday the chief minister told mediapersons who had mobbed for comments on the rising hooch toll in Chhapra said Those consuming spurious liquor will dieThe CM has been fighting a firestorm of protests and Opposition attacks over his alleged failed liquor prohibition policyDefending the liquor ban in Bihar he had earlier said the states prohibition policy has seen many giving up drinking in the stateMeanwhile the hooch toll in Chhapra district rose to 60 on FridayMasrakh Station House Officer SHO Ritesh Mishra and constable Vikesh Tiwari were suspended immediately after the hooch deaths were reported first on Tuesday nightAlso Read West Bengal hooch deaths rise to 171 official suspendedThe suspensions were effected on the recommendation of Marhaura SubDivisional Police Officer Yogendra KumarMost deaths reportedly took place over Wednesday and Thursday evoking an uproar both inside and outside the Bihar AssemblyThe Opposition led by the BJP took on the ruling JDURJD combine over the rising hooch deaths despite a ban on the sale and consumption of liquor in the state which has been in effect since April 2016A former ally in the previous Nitish Kumarled government the BJP has been leading the offensive on the current regime in the wake of the liquor deathsOn Thursday BJP MPOs from Bihar raised a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha over the rising hooch toll in the stateThe CMs remark that those consuming spurious liquor will die reportedly did not go down well with the kin of the hooch victims and othersThe liquor ban has benefitted several people A large number of people have given up alcohol which is good Several people have happily accepted and embraced our prohibition policy But there are some troublemakers I have told officers to identify these troublemakers and apprehend them Kumar told mediapersons in PatnaThe Chhapra hooch deaths was one the issues which forced one of three adjournments in the Upper House of the Parliament on ThursdayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever