Haryana: Death toll jumps to 16 in spurious liquor tragedy, seven arrested

Yamunanagar: The death toll in Yamunanagar spurious liquor incident has risen to sixteen, as the police has arrested seven people in connection with the case, officials said on Saturday.

Yamunanagar Additional Superintendent of Police Himadri Kaushik said, "Sixteen people have died in this incident. Six port-mortems have been done, and the bodies of six have been cremated without informing us, and post-mortem of four will be done."

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"We have arrested seven people in connection with this case and are on police remand. We will investigate more about those connected with this case and arrest them," she said.

Further investigation is underway. (with Agency inputs)

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