MP hooch tragedy: Kingpin held, house razed | India News
BHOPAL: Mukesh Kirar, prime accused in the Morena hooch tragedy that claimed 24 lives and blinded three persons, was arrested in Chennai on Sunday. Police were looking for him for the past five days and had announced a reward of Rs 10,000 for his arrest. DGP Vivek Johri confirmed the arrest and said Kirar was nabbed by MP police with assistance from Chennai cops. On the same day, the Madhya Pradesh government razed Kirar’s house in Chera village, the epicentre of the hooch tragedy. “Villagers undergoing treatment in hospital have said that they had got the liquor from three persons. Whe...