Punjab: Sangrur hooch tragedy toll rises to 14, Sunam reports 4 deaths

The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab’s Sangrur district climbed to 20 with six more people succumbing, officials said on Saturday. A four-member special investigation team (SIT), led by additional director general of police (ADGP) Gurinder Singh Dhillon, has been set up to probe the case.

The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab’s Sangrur district climbed to 20 with six more people succumbing on Saturday. (Representational photo)

Eleven people are undergoing treatment at Patiala’s Government Rajindra Hospital and six at the civil hospital in Sangrur.