NHRC notice to the Government of Uttar Pradesh over hooch tragedy (19.07.2016)
Press Release
New Delhi, 19th July, 2016
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that more than 26 people have died and several others are critical after consuming spurious liquor in Etah and Farukhabad District of Uttar Pradesh. Reportedly five Government employees including three from the State Excise Department have been suspended following the incident.
Expressing it concern over the loss of life due to consumption of spurious liquor, the Commission has observed that the reported suspensions of some public servants in the matter, point towards negligence on the part of the official machinery, which resulted in the tragedy. Accordingly, it has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police Government of Uttar Pradesh calling reports in the matter. They have been given four weeks to respond.
According to the media reports, a huge quantity of illicit liquor and its raw material has been recovered from various places including Bareilly, Bijnor, Etah, Kanpur Dehat, Allahabad, Mau, Kushinagar and Sonbhadra districts.
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New Delhi, 19th July, 2016
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that more than 26 people have died and several others are critical after consuming spurious liquor in Etah and Farukhabad District of Uttar Pradesh. Reportedly five Government employees including three from the State Excise Department have been suspended following the incident.
Expressing it concern over the loss of life due to consumption of spurious liquor, the Commission has observed that the reported suspensions of some public servants in the matter, point towards negligence on the part of the official machinery, which resulted in the tragedy. Accordingly, it has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police Government of Uttar Pradesh calling reports in the matter. They have been given four weeks to respond.
According to the media reports, a huge quantity of illicit liquor and its raw material has been recovered from various places including Bareilly, Bijnor, Etah, Kanpur Dehat, Allahabad, Mau, Kushinagar and Sonbhadra districts.
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