Punjab: 14 people die after consuming spurious liquor in Amritsars Majitha, accused held

PTC News Desk: At least fourteen people died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Majitha area of Punjab's Amritsar district, officials said. The deceased include three youths each from Bhangali and Marari Kalan villages, and two from Tharieval village.

Majitha SHO Aabtaab Singh said, “Preliminary investigation revealed that they all took liquor from a single source on Sunday evening. Some of them died on Monday morning, and locals cremated them without informing the police. We received information about the deaths due to liquor in the late evening and initiated an investigation.”