Aligarh hooch tragedy: Three excise officials suspended

LUCKNOW: The Aligarh district excise officer and two others were suspended after 11 people died allegedly after consuming spurious liquor there on Friday.


A departmental action has also been initiated against them, said Additional Chief Secretary (Excise) Sanjay Bhoosreddy.

11 people dead after consuming spurious liquor in UP's Aligarh

District Excise Officer

Dheeraj Sharma

, Excise Inspector Rajesh Kumar Yadav and Head Constable Ashok Kumar have been suspended with immediate effect, he said.

The

administration

has ordered a magisterial inquiry, which will be conducted by an ADM-rank officer, DM Chandra Bhushan Singh told media persons.

The administration is likely to invoke the stringent

National Security Act

(

NSA

) against those found guilty in the inquiry, he said.