The family members and neighbours of Serajul Pailan, one of the victims of Sangrampur hooch tragedy, break down in grief after seeing his body on Thursday morning, at Paddyerhat, in West Bengal. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
A funeral procession at Sangrampur. Sangrampur is located near Mograrhat, around 45 km from Kolkata. Almost all the homes here has at least one victim in the tragedy. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
Most of the people in the village are daily wage labourers, small vendors and rickshaw pullers who resort to the country made illicit liquor, beacuse it is cheaper. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
The daughters of Serajul Pailan weep seeing the body of their father. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
Villagers stand near the bodies of the victims that are kept in an open space. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
The process of burying the bodies is getting delayed due the increasing death toll. The poor family members are waiting with the bodies either at homes or nearby open places in the villages. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
Jinnatun is being helped by the neighbours as she felt uneasiness after seeing the body of her husband at Paddyerhat, Sangrampur. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
A family member of Akbar Naskar, one of the victim weeps in grief. Women and children were found helplessly scattered in the villages after the tragedy. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
Packets of the ‘spurious liquor’ found in an illegal liquor shop just a few yards away from a police outpost, in Sangrampur. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
Local people allege that illicit liquor dens have been thriving in the region over the years. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
The bodies of the victims are being taken to the morgue of Diamond Harbour sub-divisional hospital. The death toll from the consumption of spurious alcohol liquor at Sangrampur crossed 110 on Thursday. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury