The recent Bihar hooch tragedy claiming 25 lives has intensified scrutiny on the state's liquor ban enforcement as opposition leaders criticize its ineffectiveness, urging accountability from the government,

Saran SP said that an FIR has been registered against eight known and some unknown people. A special investigation team has been formed to probe the matter.

Twenty people have died in Siwan after consuming toxic alcohol, prompting the formation of a Special Investigation Team. Arrests have been made and criticism levied against the government for failing to enforce prohibition laws.

The incident also led to a political slugfest in the state, with the opposition questioning the availability of hooch despite prohibition.

At least 25 people have died in Bihar's Saran and Siwan districts after consuming spurious liquor, with the death toll in the hooch tragedy likely to rise, officials said. Preliminary investigations revealed that methyl alcohol was mixed with industrial spirit,

Siwan (Bihar) [India], October 17 (ANI): 20 people have lost their lives in Siwan on Thursday after consuming spurious liquor, as per Siwan SP Amitesh Kumar. Chapra Superintendent Kumar Ashish said that a Special Investigation Team has been formed. Three people have been arrested and an FIR has been filed against eight people.

The Congress on Thursday slammed the NDA dispensation over several fatalities in Bihar's Siwan and Saran districts due to consumption of spurious liquor, with Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul G

Bihar police on Thursday said a total of 25 people have lost their lives so far due to the consumption of spurious liquor in two separate incidents in Sivan and Saran on Wednesday, adding that 12 people had been arrested for their role in the hooch tragedy.

At least six people died and 14 others were hospitalised after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in dry Bihar's Siwan and Saran districts