Police have arrested 20 people and seized huge quantities of spurious liquor from different villages in Bihar’s Motihari, even as the death toll in a suspected hooch tragedy.
A statement issued by the East Champaran district administration said 20 people, "involved in the illegal trade of liquor", have been arrested following searches in different localities of Motihari.
The tragedy, the latest in a series of such deaths since 2016 when the Bihar government banned alcohol in the state, has been reported from Lakshmipur, Paharpur, and Harsiddhi blocks of Motihari.