With the death toll climbing to 20 over the past five days, allegedly after the consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab’s Sangrur, home district of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 23 sought an immediate report from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government into the tragedy, even as the State government faced severe criticism from Opposition parties.
Gurinder Singh Dhillon, Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) on Saturday confirmed that 20 persons had died. “So far, 14 dead bodies have been cremated after the post mortem, while six bodies are yet to be cremated,” Mr. Dhillon said, addressing a press conference here.
