The menace of spurious liquor reared its head again in Uttar Pradesh despite the tall claims of officials of a crackdown on the illicit trade. The killer brew consumed five lives in Unnao, about 60 km from Lucknow, on the intervening night of June 3 and 4.
Taking a serious view of the incident, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav ordered the suspension of seven excise personnel, including the District Excise Officer of Unnao. While the inspector in charge of Kotwali police station in Unnao has been sent to the Lines, a sub-inspector and two constables have been suspended.
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