Ghusuri hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to nine

Kolkata, July 20 (UNI) With three more people succumbing, the death toll in the hooch tragedy in Ghusuri in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Wednesday rose to nine. The toll is likely to arise during the course of the day as the condition of some of those admitted to a local hospital is stated to be “extremely” critical. Local police sources said that on Wednesday morning, six people died after they consumed spurious liquor at a local hooch joint which is at a stone’s throw distance behind the local Malipanchghora Police Station. Twenty others were admitted to a local hospital where three died. The deceased have been identified as Amit Kumar Burma, Anil Chaurasia, Ranjit Gupta, Lakshman Shau, Tribhuban Pandit, Sukumar Chowdhury, Prakash Mitra, Biskut Roy, and Rajeshwar Roy.